140 



COLUBRID^. 



Ej'e rather large : snout moderate. Rostral broader than deep, 

 just visible from above ; internasals a little broader than long, 

 shorter than the prtefrontals ; frontal twice as long as broad, as 

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

 shorter than the ]»arietals ; loreal deeper than long ; one prae- and 

 two postoculars; temporals 1 + 2; eight upper labials, fourth and 

 fifth entering the eye ; five lov^er labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which are as long as the posterior. Scales in 17 rows. 

 Ventrals obtusely angulate laterally, 185-200 ; anal divided ; 

 subcaudals 80-105. Length of tail 3| to 4 times in the total 

 length. Black and olive or black and yellow above, usually with a 

 light streak along each side of the hinder part of the body, some- 

 times extending to the nape ; upper lip and lower parts yellow ; 

 usually a black spot or border at the outer end of each ventral. 



Total length 830 millim. ; tail 220. 



West Indies (Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia). 



a-b. 2 (V. 187, 188 ; C. 97, ?). Guadeloupe. 



c-f. $ (V. 192, 188, 196 ; C. St. Lucia. Miss Alexander [P.]. 



88,89, 88) & hgr. (V. 193; 



C. 82). 



g. 5 (V. 191 ; C. 84). St. Lucia. Mus. Comp. Zool. [E.]. 



(One of the types of Droinicus onmfu-i.) 



A. c?(V. 191; C. 86). St. Lucia. G. A. Ramage, Esq. 



[C.]. 



i. 5 (V. 189 ; C. 86). St. Lucia. Haslar Collection, 



k. c5 (V. 194 ; C. 85). St. Lucia. 



/. d (V. 1!)4; G.?). Caracas (?.P). 



w. ? (V. 191 ; C. 8o). ? (Type oi Coluber omatus.) 



n. 2 (V. 189; C. 82). ? Dr. Gunther [P.]. 



0. d (V. 200; C. 86). f _ 



p. Skull. Martinique. 



16. Liophis andresB. 



Herpetodryas cursor, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 199 (1837). 

 Droniicus cursor, Bibron, in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Erp. p. 225, 



pi. xxviii. (1843). 

 ■ cursor, part.. Bum. ^- Bibr. vii. p. 650 (1854) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. 



23, pi. V. fig. 2 (1867). 

 fugitivus, part., Gimth. Cat. p. 132 (1858) ; Cope, Proc. Am. 



Philos. Son. xi. 1869, p. 164. 

 Liopliis andrese, Reinh. Sf Liitk. Vidensk. Meddel. 1862, p. 214 ; 



Boideng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1891, p. 354. 

 Droniicus fugitivus, Gundlach, Erp. Cabana, p. 79 (1880). 

 cubensis. Garni. Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. x.xiv. 1887, p. 281. 



Eye rather large : snout moderate. Rostral broader than deep, 

 just visible from above; internasals as long as broad, shorter than 

 the prsefrontals ; frontal twico as long as broad, longer than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal 

 deeper than long ; one prae- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 ; 

 eight upper labials, third, fourth, aud fifth entering the eye ; four 

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



