74. DROMICUS. 123 



5. Dromicus antillensis. 



Psanimophis antillensis, part., Schle;/. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 214 (1837). 



Droiuicus autilleusis, part., Diim. Si- L'ihr. vii. p. (iSO (18o4). 



antillensis, Giinth. Cat. p. 129 (1858) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. 25, pi. i. 



fig. 1 (1867). 

 Alsophis antillensis, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 76 ; Iteinh. ^ 



Liltk. Tide?isk. Me/7<M. 1802, p. 218 ; Garm. Proc. Am. Philos. 



Soc. xxiv. 1887, p. 282. 



Eye moderate ; snout moderate, somewhat projecting. Rostral 

 twice as broad as deep, scarcely visible from above ; internasals as 

 long as broad, shorter than the praifroiitals ; frontal once and two 

 thirds or once and three fourths as long as broad, as long as or a 

 little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than 

 the parietals ; loreal pentagonal, as long as deep or a little longer ; 

 one pr«- and two postocuhirs : temporals 1+^ ; eight ujiper labials, 

 third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. 

 Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals 172-189; anal divided; siibcaudals 

 116-142. Length of tail 2| to 3 times in the total length. Pale 

 brown above, with small darker spots ; a dark brown streak on each 

 side of the head, passing through the eye ; frequently a dark streak 

 along each side of the body ; upper labials and lower parts yellowish, 

 usually brown-dotted ; sometimes a bro%vn line along each side of 

 the belly. 



Total" length 1000 millim. ; tail 350. 



West Indies (Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, St. John, St. 

 Thomas, Vieque, Santo Domingo). 



(t-c. S (V. 178, 175 ; C. ?, 121) Dominica. 



& 5 (V. 181 ; C. 119). 

 d-f. (S (V. 179 ; C. 116) & 2 Vieque. Hr. Eiise [C.]. 



■(V. 189, 179; C. ?, 129). 

 (/-I). S (V. 177, 177 ; C. 126, St. Thomas. Hr. Riise [C.]. 



129), 2 (V. 180; C. ?),hgr. 



(V. 181,182, 184; C. 1^4, 



13.3, 135), & yg. (V. 174 ; 



C. 126). 

 «. d (V. 178; C. 122). St. Thomas. M. Salle [C.]. 



p-(j. c? (V. 178, 174 ; C. 131, St. Thomas. 



131). 

 r. SiiuU. W. Indies. 



6. Dromicus leucomelas. 



Dromicus leucomelas, Dum. ^- Bibr. vii, p. 666 (1854) ; Jan, Icon. 



Gen. 25, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1867) ; Gunth. Ann. 4- Mag. N. H. (6) ii. 



1888, p. 366. 

 Alsophis leucomelas, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 76. 

 sibonius. Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xviii. 1879, p. 275 ; Garm. 



Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xxiv. 1887, p. 283. 



Eye moderate; snout moderate, somewhat projecting. Rostral 



