118 COLUBRID. 
fused to a single shield ; frontal not broader than the supraocular, 
twice as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of the 
snout, as long as or a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer 
than deep; one pre- and two postoculars; temporals 142; eight 
upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye; five lower — 
labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter 
than the posterior. Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals 166-177; anal 
divided ; subcaudals 72-88. Pale grey-brown above, with a dorsal 
series of rhombic or arrow-headed dark brown markings; head 
with dark undulous markings above; lips and chin grey or brown; 
a whitish streak from the eye to the side of the neck; a more or 
less distinct dark lateral stripe; lower parts spotted or powdered 
with brown. 
Total length 700 millim. ; tail 140. 
Santo Domingo. 
. 2 (V. 174; C. 72). ~S.Domingo*. (Type.) 
a 
b. S (V. 167; C. 86). Cape Hayti. Hr. Rolle [C.]. Fischer Coll. 
ec. Yg. (V. 167; C.88). Gonaives. Hr. Rolle {C. ]. 
ad. Yg.(V.172; C. 78). Hayti: Hr. Rolle [C.]. 
Cae Nid iG )); >” ayit, Christiania Museum. 
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74. DROMICUS. 
Chironius, part., Fitzing. N. Class. Rept. p. 29 (1826). 
Psammophis, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 201 (1887). 
Dromicus, part., Bibr. in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Erp. p. 221 
(1843) ; Dum. § Bibr. Erp. Gén. vil. p. 646 (1854) ; Giinth. Cat. Col. 
Sn. p. 126 (1858) ; Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 66 (18635); Bocourt, 
Miss, Se. Mex., Rept. p. 707 (1890). 
Teeniophis, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1854, p. 226. 
Liophis, part., Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 76. 
Alsophis, Cope, J. ¢. 
Ocyophis, Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xxiii. 1886, p. 491. 
Orophis, Garman, Bull. Essex Inst. xxiv. 1892, p. 86. 
Fig. 11. 
Maxillary and mandible of Dromicus angulifer. 
Maxillary teeth 11 to 17, increasing in size posteriorly, followed, 
after a considerable interspace, by two strongly enlarged ones ; 
anterior mandibular teeth much larger than the posterior. Head 
* Purchased of H. Cuming as from Barbados. I find that all the specimens 
marked “‘ Barbados, Ouming’s Coll.,” belong to species found in 8. Domingo. 
