24 COLUBRID &. 
Q (V. 222; C. 105) Upper Amazon. Mr. E. Bartlett (C.]. 
& yg-(V. 218; C.111). 
e. Ye. (V. 227; C. 108). Moyobamba,N.E.Peru, Mr. A. H. Roff [C.}. 
fF. g (V. 222; C.117). Pernambuco. W.A. Forbes,Esq.[P.]. 
g. mer. 9 (V. 211; Minas Geraes. 
C. 120). 
h. 3 (V.198; C.111). Rio Grande do Sul. Dr. H. vy. Ihering [C.]. 
7, Skeleton. Surinam. 
kK. Skull. Brazil. 
B. Nearly entirely black, only the anterior ventrals 
being partly yellow. 
1. g (V.219; C.111). 2 
2. Spilotes megalolepis. (Prare II.) 
Spilotes megalolepis, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (3) xv. 1865, p. 93. 
Closely allied to the preceding, but internasals not broader than 
long; frontal scarcely longer than broad; eight upper labials, fourth 
and fifth entering the eye; and scales much larger, the largest quite 
as large as the parietal shields, and in 14 rows only. Coloration as 
in S. pullatus, but darker, the posterior half of the body and the 
tail being entirely black, above and below. 
Total length 2300 millim. 
South America (?). 
a. 2 (V. 220; C.?). —? Se gy Rope Se 
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60. COLUBER. )} 
Coluber, part., Linn. S. N. i. p. 375 (1766); Wagl. Syst. Amph. 
p- 179 (1830); Bove, Isis, 1827, p. 518; Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. 
p. 125 (1857); Giinth. Cat. p. 87 (1858), and Rept. Brit. Ind. 
p. 237 (1864). 
Natrix, part., Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 73 (1768). 
Chironius, part., Fitzing. N. Class. Rept. p. 29 (1826). 
Tyria, part., Fitzing. 1. c. 
Gonyosoma, Wagler, Icon. Amph. (1828), and Syst. Amph. p. 184; 
Dum. § Bibr. Erp. Gén. vii. p. 218 (1854) ; Giinth. Cat. p. 122, 
and Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 293. 
Zamenis, part., Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 188. 
Rhinechis, Michahelles, in Wagl. Icon. Amph. (1833) ; Dum. § Bibr. 
t.c. p. 225; Giinth. Cat. p. 85; Cope, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 
1892, p. 637. 
Xenodon, part., Schleg. 1. c. p. 80. 
Herpetodryas, part., Schleg. d. c. p. 173. 
Callopeltis, Bonap. "Mem. Ace. Torin. (2) ii. 1839, p. 101. 
Elaphis, Bonap. 1. c. p. 102; Dum. § Bibr. t.c. p. 241; Giinth. Cat. 
p- 92, and Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 240; Bocourt, Miss. Se. Mex. » Rept. 
p- 683 (1888). 
Pituophis, Holbr. N. Am. Herp. iv. p. 7 (1842); Dum. § Bibr. t. ¢. 
p. 282; Giinth. Cat. p. 85; Bocourt, l. c, p. 665; Cope, Proc. U.S. 
Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 638. 
Cynophis, Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (2) iv, 1849, p. 246; Giinth. 
Cat. p. 95, and Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 246. 
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