81. RHADIN^i. 



167 



pair of whitish dots close together on the parietal shields ; iippcr 

 labials yellowish. 



Total length 730 millim. ; tail 125. 



Guiaaas, Erazil. 



A. Brown above, with darker spots and white edges to some of the 

 scales, the assemblage of short white lines sometimes forming 

 irregular cross bauds. (C cobella.) 



a. 5 (V. 150; C. 61). 



h-n. cS (V. 154, 151, 153 

 C. 67, 54, 51), 2 

 (V. 151, 155, 151, 153 

 C. 56, 46, 62, 52), hgr, 

 (V. 151, 156, 154; C 

 54, 53, 51), & yg. (V 

 150, 148; C. 51,54). 



0. 2 (V. 153 ; C. 55). 



p-u. c? (V. 155,154,153; 

 0. 54, 53, 53) & 2 

 (V. 148, 150, 151; C. 

 62, 50,r). 



V. 2 (V. 163 ; C. 45). 



lu. 2 (V. 154; C. 56). 



Trinidad. 

 Demerara. 



Demerara. 

 Berbice. 



Cayenne. 

 Brazil. 



F. W. Urich, Esq. [P.]. 



B. Dark brown or black above, with 

 bands, widening towards the body. 



a. S (V. 154 ; C. 52). Bahia. 



b. 2 (V. 157 ; C. 62). Bahia. 



c-d. S (V. 150 ; C. 49) & Bahia. 



2 (V. 154; C. 53). 

 e-f. Yg. (V. 157, 155 ; Pernambuco. 



"0. 51, 60). 

 ff. 2 (V. 154 ; C. 50). Para. 



A variety without spots on the belly 

 Icon. 16, pi. V. hg. 2) \SiT.Jlaviventris. 



J. Henslow, Esq. [P.]. 



H. C. Rothery, Esq. [P.]. 



regular transverse white 

 {L. tceniogaster.) 



Dr. Wucherer [C.]. 



D. Wilson Barker, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Haslar Collection. 



J. P. G. Smith, Esq. [P.]. 



R. Graham, Esq. [P.]. 



is named by Jan (U. cc, 



a. Skeleton. 



b, c. Skidls. 



S. America. 

 Brazil. 



8. Rliadinsea purpurans. 



Ablabes purpurans, Ditm. ^- Bib?: vii. p. 312 (1854). 



Diadophis purpurans, Ja?i, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 265, 



a7id Icon. fien. 15, pi. v. tig. 5 (1866). 

 Coronella orientalis, Giinth. Bejri. Brit. hid. p. 236 (1864). 

 ? Liopbis cobella, var. collaris, Jan, II. cc. p. 293, Icon. 16, pi. v. 



iig. 3 (1866). 

 Rhadiuaja chrysostoma, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1863, p. 104. 



