griffin: ophidia from south America in carnegie museum 195 



Genus Rhadinaea Cope. 



44. Rhadinaea merremi (Wied). 

 Coluber merremii Wied, Reise Bras., II, 1821, p. 121. 

 Rhadinoea merremii Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, II, 1894, p. 168. 



The Carnegie Museum has two specimens, bearing the Catalog Nos. 350 and 

 353, both of which were captured by Mr. J. D. Haseman at Entre Rios, Brazil, 

 on June 4, 1908. They are males. 



Counts and Measurements. 



(No. 350.) (No. 353.) 



Anal 1/1 1/1 



Scale-rows 17 17 



Gastrosteges 145 145 



Urosteges 47/47 44/44 



Upper labials 8(4.5) 8(4.5) 



9(4.5.6) 



Preoculars 1 1 



Postoculars 2 2 



Temporals 1,2 1,2 



Total length in mm 842 175 



Length of tail in mm 147 31 



45. Rhadinaea occipitalis (Jan). 

 Enicognathus occipitalis Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys., II, 1863, p. 267. 

 Rhadinoea occipitalis Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, II, 1894, p. 175. 



The only specimen we possess is a female (C. M. No. 6) which was caught by 

 Mr. Jose Steinbach in the Province del Sara, Bolivia, at an elevation of 350 M. 

 in January, 1912. 



Counts and Measurements. 



Anal 1/1 



Scale-rows 15 



Gastrosteges 181 



Urosteges 70/70 



Upper labials 8(3.4.5) 



Preoculars 1 



Postoculars 2 



Temporals 1, 2 



Total length in nun 507 



Length of tail in mm 119 



46. Rhadinaea orina sp. no v. 

 Eighteen small maxillary teeth followed after a short interspace by two much 

 larger. Eye rather large. Length of parietals equal to their distance from the 



