81. EHADINiEA. 179 



C. Ends of ventrals and four outer rows of scales closely speckled 

 with blackish ; j-cllow lateral streak interrupted on the 

 temple. 



k. Yg. (Y. 166 ; C. 130). Amula, Guerrero. Mr. H. H. Smith [C] ; 



F. D. Godman, Esq. 

 [P.]. 

 l^m. Hgr. c? (V. 156 ; S. Mexico. F. D. Godman, Esq. 



C. 125) & 2 (V. 169 ; [P.]. 



C. ?). 



Ehadincea fulviceps, Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. sxiii. 1886, 

 p. 279, from Panama, appears to be very closely allied to B. vittata. 



25. RhadinsBa laureata. 



Dromicus laiireatus, G'dntk. Ann. ^ Mag. N. S. (4) i. 1868, p. 419, 

 pi. xix. fig. E ; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 710, pi. .xlv. 

 hg-. 1 (1890) ; Qiinth. Biol. C.-Am., Rept. p. 112, pi. xl. tig. A 

 (1893). 



Rhadintea loreata. Cope, Journ. Ac. Fhilad. viii. 1876, p. 140. 



Eye rather small. Eostral twice as broad as deep, scarcely 

 visible from above ; internasals much broader than long, much 

 shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal once and a half to once and 

 two thirds as long as broad, longer than its distance from the end 

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

 longer than deep ; one prse- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 ; 

 seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; four lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long 

 as or a little shorter than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ven- 

 trals 159-164 ; anal divided ; sixbcaudals 85-95. Head and 

 vertebral region dark brown, sides j'ellowish brown or pale reddish, 

 with an ill-defined darker lateral streak, on and below which the 

 scales are speckled with black ; a fine yellow line round the snout 

 on the canthus rostralis, extending posteriorly to the second temporal 

 or to the last labial shield ; a crescentic white black-edged line may 

 border the head posteriorly ; a white streak on the upper lip, edged 

 with black above ; labials speckled with brown ; lower parts uniform 

 white or with a few minute blackish dots. 



Total length 510 millim. ; tail 170. 



Mexico. 



a. S (V. 163 ; C. 95). City of Mexico. Mr. Doorman [C.l 



(Type.) 

 b-e. c? (V. 164, 16-3, 159 ; La Cumbre de los Dr. A. C. BuUer [C.]. 



C. 87, 90, 90) & bgr. Arrastrados, Jalisco. 



(V. 160 ; C. 85). 



26. Rhadinaea godmani. 



Dromicus godmanni, Giinth. Ann. i^- Mag. N. H. (3) xv. 1865, 



p. 94. 

 Rhadiua;a godmanii, Cope, Journ. Ac. Fhilad. viii. 1876, p. 139. 

 Henicognathus godmanii, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rejjt. p. 631, 



pi. xl. fig. 5 (1880). 



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