71. LEPTopnrs, jjj 



e. 5 (V. 180; C.?). Santo Domingo de Dr. A. C. BuUer TO 1 



Guzman. '-'■ 



J. Head and neck. La Laguna, Sierra de Dr. A. C. Bi.Uer TC 1 



Alica. *- ■-'■ 



''uiiu)r2Wi£- ^""''' '''""^■°- M.H H.Sn:ith[C.]; 



C 1-^6) "^ ^ ' -T ■ D. (jodmau, Esq. 



8. Leptophis bilineatus. 

 Diplotropis bilineata, Glinth. Ann. ^ Mac/. iV. H. (4) ix. 1872, p. 24, 



LeptoplusTjilineatus, C«^., P.oc. Amer. Philos. Soc. xxiii. p 279- 

 Gunt/i. Biol. C.-Am., Rept. p. 130 (1894). P- -'«, 



Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals 

 as ong as the pn^frontals ; frontal once and a half as long a 

 broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, as lonj as 

 the panetals; nasal moderately elongate, divided; loreal present 

 twice as long as deep ; one pra^ocular, not quite reaching the frontal 

 two postoculars; temporals 1+2; eight or nine upper labials' 

 fourth and fifth (or fifth and sixth) entering the eye^five lo^; 

 labials m contact with the anterior chiu-shields, which are shorter 



side of the vertebra with a strong keel. Ventrals feebly angulate 

 latera y, 144 ; anal divided. Eright green above, lighl greenish 

 beneath ; two black lines following the dorsal keels aNerfindS 

 tmct dark streak on each side of the head, passing through the 



Total length 010 millim. 

 Costa Eica, Nicaragua, Tehuantepec. 

 a. d (V. 144; C. i^). Costa Rica. Q. Salvin, Esq fPl 



(Type.) '- ■-'• 



9. Leptophis occidentalis. (Plate III. fig. 2.) 

 De^ndrophis lioeercus^ part., Schleff. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 224 (1837) • 

 Guichen. in Gay, Htst. de Chile, Zool. ii. p. 88 (18-54^ ^^o<^'>» , 



hocerciis, Berthold, Abh. Ges. Gofting.m. 1847 v 11 



Leptophis hocercus, part., Bum. ^- Bibr. vii. p. 533 (1854)." 

 Ahajtulla hocercus, part., Girnth. Cat. b. 153 (1858) 

 -— occidentahs, Gimth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 412; Pe^^-^ Won 

 Berl. Ac. 1873, p. 607, ^ ' ' ^"' 



Thrasops occidentalis, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860 p 557 



pr£estans, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p 309 



Leptophis piv-estans. Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) viii 1876 v 133- 

 Ount/i. Biol. C.-Am., Rept. p. 1.30 (1894) ' ^' ' 



pL xrfigf S'"'^ '^^' ^'''^'''' ^'■^^' f- ^«^- 1881, p. 229, 

 Leptophis Vii, Co^e, Proc^Amer. Philos. Soc. xxiii. 1886, p. 979 

 — -^^occidentalis, Coj^e, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. xxiii^ "1886, 



