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14 COLUBRID”. 
F, Pale olive-brown above, with five dark longitudinal streaks; a 
dark streak through the eye; labials black-edged ; throat dark 
olive, spotted with white. (H. quinquelineatus, Steind.) 
a. 2 (V. 198; C. 96). Rosario de Cucuta, Mr. C. Webber [C.]. 
Colombia. 
G. Olive above, whitish or pale olive beneath; a dark brown verte- 
bral stripe, and a less distinct dark stripe along each side. 
(D. dorsalis, Bocourt.) 
a,b. 6 (V.178; C.120)  Dueiias, Guatemala. —O. Salvin, Esq. [C.]. 
& 2 (V.193; C. 112). 
‘3. Drymobius affinis. 
Herpetodryas affinis, Steindachn. Sitzb, Ak. Wien, \xii. 1870, p. 348, 
pl. vii. figs. 4 & 5. 
Rostral just visible from above; internasals a little shorter than 
the prefrontals ; frontal very broad anteriorly, very narrow poste- 
riorly, the lateral border very concave ; loreal twice as long as deep; 
on’. preocular, in contact with the frontal; two postoculars ; tem- 
po als 1 + 2; nine upper labials, fifth and sixth entering the eye. 
Se les in 15 rows, all except the outer row keeled. Olive above, 
yellowish brown below; upper lip yellow, black-edged below; a 
black stripe on each side of the head; upper surface of head dotted 
with black; anterior part of body with five narrow black stripes ; 
gular region blackish, spotted with yellow. 
Brazil. 
4. Drymobius rhombifer. 
Coryphodon rhombifer, Giiinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 236. 
Herpetodryas dendrophis, part., Jan, Icon. Gén. 31, pl. iii. fig. 1 
(1869). 
Spilotes rhombifer, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 777. 
Drymobius rhombifer, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. pl. xliii. fig. 1 
(1888). 
Zamenis rhombifer, Giinth. Biol. C.-Am., Rept. p. 120, pl. xlv. (1894). 
Maxillary teeth 30 to 32, posterior moderately enlarged. Rostral 
broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals much 
shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal once and a half to once and 
two thirds as long as broad, as long as its distance from the rostral 
or the end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals; loreal as 
long as deep or a little longer; one preocular, not touching the 
frontal; two postoculars; temporals 2+ 2; nine upper labials, 
fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the eye; five lower labials in con- 
tact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the 
posterior. Scales strongly keeled, in 17 rows. Ventrals 148-163; 
anal divided ; subcaudals 84-96. Pale brown above, with a more 
or less distinct series of large rhomboidal dark spots edged with 
blackish ; lower parts yellowish, with a lateral series of black spots, 
Total length 950 millim. ; tail 300. 
Colombia, Ecuador, Northern Peru. 
a. Hgr. (V. 153; C. 85). Chiriqui. F. D. Godman, Esq. [P.}. 
