126 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



Celestts badius Cope, sp. nov. 



This species, tliougli larger than either of the preceding, possesses a more 

 acute muzzle; the front is plane as in D. phoxinus, but the snout lightly 

 convex, though less so than in D. weinlandii and with obtuse canthus 

 rostralis and plane loreal region. 



The (sixth or) seventh upper labial is the first angulated above, while the 

 suborbital and lower postorbital plates are shorter and deeper than in the pre- 

 ceding species ; both loreals higher than long. There are two plates besides 

 the fronto-parietal between parietal and the posterior of the five supraorbitals. 



The limbs are short, and when pressed to the side fail to meet by the length 

 of the hind foot. The digits of the fore foot are relatively shorter and weaker 

 than in the two species preceding. 



The eye fissure is small, measuring 2-5 times from its hinder margin to the 

 ear ; but twice in the D. w e i n 1 a n d i i ; it is less than double the diameter of 

 the meatus. Transverse series of scales, from groin to above middle of meatus, 

 ninety-four ; those of the tail keeled like the rest. Three rows larger preanal 

 scales. 



In. Lin. In. Lin, 



Total length (?tail reproduced.) 8 Leaigth fore limb 9- 



Length to vent 4 !• " hind limb 13-5 



" to orbit 4-5 " hind foot.. 6-3 



Greatest width head 7-5 



Ground color cream, almost obscured above by many longitudinal bands 

 and lines of bright bay ; these are more or less broken up, of irregular width, 

 and often confluent. Top of the head and sides closely spotted with bay, on 

 the latter region in a longitudinal direction or in lines directed obliquely 

 downwards and forwards. A dorsolateral band of ground color extends from 

 superciliary region, more or less completely to the iliac, and is bay margined 

 below and sometimes above. Throat and belly uniform yellow. Limbs bay 

 red with white spots. 



From Island of Navassa, W. L From W. J. Rasin. 



The collection sent to the Smithsonian Institution from this small Island 

 consists of the following species : 



Typhlops sulcatus Cope, Metopocerus cornutus Wagl., 



Ungalia pardalis Gosse, Celestus badius Cope, 



Liocephalus eremitus Cope. 



Celestus stenurus Cope. Diploglossvs Cope, Proc. A. N. Sci. Phil. 1862. 



From near Jeremie, St. Domingo. Mus. Compar. Zoology, Cambridge. 



I append a description of another specimen, referred to this species with 

 doubt. 



This is a large species with broad head, and short muzzle, the latter being 

 shorter than the width between anterior margins of eye fissures. First upper 

 labial angulated above the seventh ; suborbital and lower postorbital elongate, 

 narrowed. Nasal very small ; preloreal higher than long, loreal nearly square. 

 Front convex, canthus obtuse. Eye fissure one-half distance to meatus of ear. 



Eighty transverse rows scales from above meatus to groin. Supranasal 

 plates small, narrow, the posterior nearly divided by the anterior (right) angle 

 of the elongate internasal. Scales with from 26 to 35 keels, a median one 

 rather stronger on some. Two scales bound the parietals in front besides 

 the fronto-parietals. Four rows large scales in front of vent. The limbs 

 pressed to the sides nearly meet. 



Light-brown, with three rows of small subquadrate dark-brown spots on the 

 median dorsal region. Limbs brown with light spots arranged in indistinct 

 cross-bars. Head above light-brown with darker shades ; labial plates above 

 and below broadly brown margined. Below immaculate. 



Length to vent 5 in. 9-7 lin. To orbit 51 lin. Width head behind 9-6 lin. 



A number of digits in this single specimen exhibit a loss of the claws, others 



[March, 



