172 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



Counts and Measxjrements. 



Anal 1/1 



Scale-rows 15 



Gastrosteges 144 



Urosteges 72/72 



Upper labials 8(4.5) 



Preoculars 1 



Postoculars 2 



Temporals 1,2 



Total length in nun 291 



Length of tail in mm 47 



Genus Atractus Wagler. 



12. Atractus badius (Boie). 



Brachyorrhos badius Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 540. 



Atractus badius Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, II, 1894, p. 308. 



The two specimens at hand were taken by H. H. Smith, one, No. 201, a male, 

 at Minca at an elevation of 2,000 ft. above sea-level, the other. No. 215, a female, at 

 El Libano at an elevation of G,000 ft. Both localities are in the Province of Santa 

 Marta, Colombia. The female specimen was taken in May, the male in July. 

 The latter specimen has lost the tip of the tail. 



Counts and Measurements. 



(No. 201.) (No. 215.) 



Anal 1 1 



Scale-rows 17 17 



Gastrosteges 152 146 



Urosteges 30/30+ 28/28 



Upper labials 7(3.4) 7(3.4) 



Preoculars 



Postoculars 2 2 



Temporals 1,2 1,2 



Total length in mm 270+ 442 



Length of tail in mm 32 49 



No. 201 is uniform dark brown above, with about forty pairs of small light 

 spots making a row on either side of the back. The belly is nearly covered with 

 dark brown, square, or oblong, spots. The frontal shield is longer than wide. 



No. 215 is reddish brown above, with transverse black spots which show a 

 tendency to produce bars, but are too irregular to actually do so. Each scale of 

 the ventral surface carries two lateral and one or two median large, black spots, 

 the whole forming two definite lateral stripes and a less definite median one. 



