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Series B. Opisthoglypha. 



Subfamily Dipsadomorphin^ Boulenger. 



Genus Clelia (Oxyrhopus) Fitzinger. 



53. Clelia bitorquata (Gtinther). 



Tachymenis bitorquatus Guenther, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), IX, 1872, p. 19. 

 Oxyrhopus bitorquatus Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, III, 1896, p. 104, PL VI, fig. 1. 



The four specimens of this species in the Museum are listed as follows: 



C. M. No. 272, 9 , "South America," LeBoutelier Collection. 



C. M. No. 343, c^. Bom Jesus de Lapa, Bahia, Brazil, J. D. Haseman coll., no date. 



C. M. No. 369, d", Piracicaba, J. D. Haseman coll., Sept. 7, 1908. 



C. M. No. 376, 9 , Tarma, Peru, Miss Lola Vance coll., no date. 



Nos. 272, 343, and 369 have black cross-bands arranged in threes the entire 

 length of the body and tail. No. 376 has two black bands on the neck, two sets 

 of threes on the anterior part of the body, traces of a third set, and the remainder 

 of the upper surface (originally) Ted with black tipped scales. 



Counts and Measurements. 



Anal 



Scale-rows 



Gastrosteges .-. . 



Urosteges 



Upper labials 



Preoculars 



Postoculars 



Temporals 



Total length in mm. . 

 Length of tail in mm. 



54. Clelia cloelia (Daudin). 



Coluber cMia Daudin, Rept., VI, 1803, p. 330, PL LXXVIII. 

 Oxyrhopus cloelia Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, III, 1896, p. 108. 



C. M. No. 330, cf , Entre Bios, Brazil, J. D. Haseman coll., June 4, 1908. 



C. M. No. 380, (f, Rio Mamore, Bolivia, J. D. Haseman coll., Sept. 19, 1909. 



In specimen No. 330 there is no loreal. 



