74. DROMICUS. ° 121 
elongate. Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; inter- 
nasals as long as broad, shorter than the prefrontals; frontal 
twice as long as broad, longer than its distance from the end of the 
snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal longer than deep; one 
pre- and two postoculars; temporals 1+2, anterior very large ; 
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 17 rows. Ventrals obtusely 
angulate laterally, 164-180; anal usually divided; subcaudals 102— 
129. Length of tail 3 to 34 times in the total length. Olive 
or pale brown above, uniform or with small dark spots, or dark 
brown with small yellow spots; a more or less distinct dark T- 
shaped marking on the head, the longitudinal branch on the parietal 
suture ; young with a dark streak on each side of the head, passing 
through the eye; yellowish or pale olive inferiorly. 
Total length 1150 millim. 
Bahamas, Cuba, Caymans. 
a. 2 (Vel sC:?). Cuba. M. Sallé [C.]. 
6: Yeo (V. 106; ©; 108). Cuba. 
é. 2(V5 1805 @2:118). Little Cayman. Lieut. A. Carpenter [P.]. 
d,e. Skulls. ~ Cuba. 
3. Dromicus ater. 
Natrix atra, Gosse, Nat. Soj. Jamaica, p. 228 (1851). 
capistrata, Gosse, l.c. p. 871. : 
Dromicus ater, Giinth. Cat. p. 127 (1858) ; Jan, Icon. Gén. 25, pl. iv. 
(1867). 
Alsophis ater, Cove, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 76 ; Garm. Proc. Am. 
Philos, Soc. xxiv. 1887, p. 282. 
Dromicus (Ocyophis) ater, Bocourt, Miss, Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 718, pl. 1. 
fie. 1 (1890). 
ater, var. inconstans (Jan), Bocourt, l. c. p. 714, fig. 2. 
Eye moderate, with projecting superciliary border; snout moderate. 
Rostral twice as broad as deep, scarcely visible from above ; inter- 
_ nasals as long as broad, shorter than the prefrontals; frontal once 
and a half to once and two thirds as long as broad, longer than its 
distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals; no 
— loreal, prefrontal in contact with the second and third labials ; one 
pre- and two postoculars; temporals 14+2; eight upper labials, 
third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye; five lewer labials in contact 
with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. 
Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 171-185; anal divided; subcaudals 
144-162. Length of tail 24 to 23 times in the total length. Olive 
above and below, uniform or dotted with black; a more or less 
distinct dark line on each side of the head, passing through the eye ; 
some specimens uniform black. 
Total length 1100 millim. ; tail 430. 
Jamaica. 
