132 COLUBEID^. 



Liophis merremi, Girard, U.S. ILvplor. Exped., Herp. p. 159, pi. xi. 



figs. 1-6 (1858). 



merremii, var. sublineatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 252. 



reginae, Burm. Seise La Plata, i. p. 528 (1861). 



Ophiomorphus doliatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, pp. 75 & 348. 



Liopliis subfasciatus, Coj^e, I. c. p. 77. 



pcEcilogynis, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 291, and 



Icon. Gen. 17, pi. vi. fig. 1 (1866) ; Bouleng. Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. 



(5) xviii. 1886, p. 4.32. 



regiure, var. viiidicyanea, Jan, II. cc, Icon. 18, pi. ii. fig. 1. 



Opheomorphus meleagris. Cope, Proc. Am. Pkilos. Soc. xxii. 1885, 



p. 191. 

 meleagris doliatus, Cope, Proc. Am. Pkilos. Soc. xxiv. 1887, 



p. 57. 



Eye moderate. Eostral broader than deep, visible from above ; 

 internasals as long as broad or a little broader, shorter than the 

 prsefrontals ; frontal once and a half to once and two thirds as long 

 as broad, as long as or a little longer than its distance from the end 

 of the snout, as long as or shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long 

 as deep or deeper than long ; one prae- and two postoculars ; tem- 

 porals 1 + 2 ; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; 

 four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 

 which are as long as or longer than the posterior. Scales in 

 19 rows. Ventrals 143-179 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 40-63. 

 Length of tail 5 to 6 times in the total length. Pale brownish, 

 olive, greenish, or red above, spotted and reticulated with black, or 

 with more or less distinct dark cross bands, or with alternating red 

 and pale olive transverse bands ; some specimens blackish, with 

 small pale olive spots. Young with well-marked black spots 

 arranged symmetrically, or with broad bhick cross bands, con- 

 tinuous across the back or interrupted and alternate, and separated 

 by narrow pale interspaces ; a broad black occipito-nuchal collar. 

 Lower parts yellowish or red, usually spotted with black. 



Total length 660 millim. ; tail 120. 



Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentine Eepublic. 



a. Yg. (V. 145 ; C. 50). Santarem, Amazon. H. W. Bates, Esq. 



[C.]. 



b. cJ (V. 179; C. 62). Rio Janeiro. J. MacGillivray, Esq. 



[C.]. 



c. c? (V. 176 ; C. 57). Ptio Janeiro. Haslar Collection. 



<^. Hgr. (V. 174 ; C. 63). Tijuca Pt. R.Bennett, Esq. [P.]. 



e. 2 (V. 175; C. 62). Tijuca R., near Rio W. Schaus, Esq. [P.]. 



Janeiro. 

 f-p, q. S (V. 162, 157, Porto Real, Prov.Rio M. F. Hardy du Dr^- 



162; C. 55, ?, 62), 2 Janeiro. ueuf[C.]. 



(V. 157, 161; C. 59, 



56), hgr. (V. 160; 0. 



56), & yg. (V. 153, 152, 



1.56, 156; C. 59, ?, 



58, 62). 

 r-t. Hgr. c? (V. 146 ; C. S. Jos<5 dos Campos, Mr. A. Thomson [P.]. 



50), 2 (Y. 153 ; C. 52), Prov. S. Paulo. 



&yg. (V. 143; C. 49). 



