75. Liopiiis. 143 



a blackish streak on the middle of the head and along the anterior 

 part of the back and a blackish lateral streak on the head and body, 

 passing through the eye ; lips and gular region yellowish, variegated 

 with brown ; belly uniform yellowish. Full-grown specimens 

 nearly uniform brown. 



Total length 410 millim. ; tail 125. 



Jamaica. 



a, 6-e. Hgr. c? (V. 132; Bluefields, Jamaica. P. H. Gosse, Esq. [P.]. 



C. 110)'&yg. (V. 131, (Types.) 



134 ; 0. 97, 109). 

 d. 2 (V. 132 ; C. 70). Jamaica. R. Heward, Esq. [P.]. 



e,f. Hgr. c? (V. 133; C. W. Indies. 



108) & yg. (V. 130 ; 



C. 107). 



20. Liophis temporalis. 



Dromicus temporalis, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 370 ; Garni. 

 Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xxiv. 1887, p. 281. 



Mouth very inferior ; rostral plate prominent, but barely visible 

 from above ; nasals distinct ; internasals small ; frontal broad ; 

 loreal confluent with prajocular ; one or two postoculars ; seven 

 upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; chin-shields equal. 

 Scales in 17 rows. Ventralsl67; anal divided ; (tail mutilated). 

 Chocolate-brown above, with a yellow lateral streak, edged with 

 blackish above, running along the sutures of the two outer rows of 

 scales ; a blackish plumbeous band along the outer row of scales 

 and the outer ends of the ventrals ; indications of a yellow collar ; 

 belly yellow. 



Length of head and body 430 millim. 



Cuba. 



21. Liophis flavilatus. 



Dromicus flavilatus, Co])e, Proc. Ac. Philnd. 1871, p. 222, and Proc. 

 Am. Philos. Soc. xiv. 1877, p. 05; Garm. N.Am. Rept. p. 58 

 (1883). 



Closely allied to L. callilcemus, but scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 

 126 ; subcaudals 77. Colour above a rich golden brown, the scales 

 of the two lower rows on each side broadl}- gold-edged ; head dark 

 brown, darkest behind, with numerous but obscure paler vermicu- 

 lations ; sides of head paler, with a reddish-brown band from the 

 rostral plate through the eye to the middle of the last labial ; labials 

 whitish, with black dots on the posterior ; below white, lower labials 

 sparsely black-dotted ; a pair of pale dots on the common occipital 

 suture. 



S.E. United States (N. Carolina to Florida). 



