griffin: ophidia from south America in carnegie museum 165 



The snakes cataloged by me under the Department Numbers 1841 to 1873 

 are without original data or field-labels, but they are positively known to have 

 been received from South America, and are undoubtedly a part of the collections 

 of H. H. Smith from northern Colombia. 



The collections sent in by Sehor Don Jose Steinbach were all taken in the 

 Department of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, except a small 

 part of his sendings, which are labelled as from Puerto Suarez, Bolivia. Only 

 two definite localities are given on his labels, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and Las 

 Juntas. The altitudes given range from 250 to 450 meters above sea-level. 



A small collection of snakes made by Mr. Thomas LeBoutelier was given to 

 the Museum in 1909 by Mrs. A. Marshall Bell of Pittsburgh. It is unfortunate 

 that the maker of this collection was not careful in labelling the specimens. Most 

 of them have no other locality than "South America" assigned to them, while in 

 a few cases the locality given is manifestly incorrect. 



Miss Lola Vance collected a few reptiles at Tarma, Peru. The altitude of 

 ,this place is 6,000 feet. 



A few serpents were also collected by Mr. J. 0. Kerby at Massasao and Pran- 

 quina on the Amazon, and donated by him to the Carnegie Museum. 



For the greater convenience of those who may refer to this paper I have 

 arranged the species of each genus in alphabetical order, when more than one species 

 is listed, and the genera of each family and subfamily are also arranged in like 

 manner. In the statistical tables I have introduced some modifications of cus- 

 tomary usage. Under "upper labials" the figure outside of the parenthesis in- 

 dicates the total number of shields, while the figures within the parenthesis tell 

 which supralabials are in contact with the eye. The formula for the temporals 

 is written with a comma, instead of with the plus-sign. When there is a difference 

 in the number or arrangement of the shields of the left and right sides, both are 

 given, the formula for the left side being always written above that for the right 



side. 



Class REPTILIA. 



Order SQUAMATA. 



Suborder SERPENTES. 



Family TYPHLOPID.E. 



Genus Helminthophis Peters. 



1. Helminthophis bondensis sp. nov. 



Rostral half the width of the head, rounded posteriorly, forming a broad 

 suture with the frontal, extending to a line connecting the posterior margins of 



