132 COLUBRID. 
Liophis merremi, Girard, U.S. Explor. Exped., Herp. p. ‘1859, pl. Xi. 
fies. 1-6 (1858). 
merremii, var. sublineatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 252. 
reginee, Burm. Reise La Plata, i. p. 528 (1861). 
Ophiomorphus doliatus, Cope, Proc. ’ de. Philad. 1862 2, pp. 75 & 348. 
Liophis subfasciatus, Cope, I. C0 Dita 
pecilogyrus, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1868, p. 291, and 
Icon. Gén. 17, pl. vi. fig. 1 (1866); Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. 
(5) xviii. 1886, p. 452. 
regine, var. viridicyanea, Jan, Il. ce., Icon. 18, pl. ii. fig. 1. 
Opheomorphus meleagris, Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xxii. 1885, 
p: 191. 
— meleagris doliatus, Cope, Proc. Am, Philos. Soc. xxiv. 1887, 
p. 57. 
Eye moderate. Rostral broader than deep, visible from above ; 
internasals as long as broad or a little broader, shorter than the 
prefrontals ; frontal once and a half to once and two thirds as long 
as broad, as long as or a little longer than its distance from the end 
of the snout, as long as or shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long 
as deep or deeper than long; one pre-and two postoculars ; tem- 
porals 1+2; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; 
four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 
which are as long as or longer than the posterior. Scales in 
19 rows. Ventrals 148-179; anal divided; subcaudals 40-63. 
Length of tail 5 to 6 times in the total length. Pale brownish, 
olive, greenish, or red above, spotted and reticulated with black, or 
with more or less distinct dark cross bands, or with alternating red 
and pale olive transverse bands; some specimens blackish, with 
small pale olive spots. Young with well-marked black spots 
arranged symmetrically, or with broad black cross bands, con- 
tinuous across the back or interrupted and alternate, and separated 
by narrow pale interspaces; a broad black occipito-nuchal collar. 
Lower parts yellowish or red, usually spotted with black. 
Total length 660 millim. ; tail 120. 
Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentine Republic. 
Yg. (V. 145; C. 50). Santarem, Amazon. H. W. Bates, Esq. 
[C.]. 
b. 3 (V.179; C. 62). Rio Janeiro. J. MacGillivray, eo 
C. 
b.  CV¥s 1765-C. 57). Rio Janeiro. Haslar Collection. 
d. Her. (V. 174; C. 63). Tijuca R. R. Bennett, Esq.[P.]. 
e. 9 (V. 176; C. 62). Tijuca R., near Rio WW. Schaus, Esq. [P.]. 
Janeiro, 
f- ®, q. & (Y. 162, 157, Porto Real,Proy.Rio M.F. Hardy du Dré- 
162; a 55, ?, 62), 2 Janeiro. neuf [C.]. 
(V., 157,” Lets (Ua pa, 
56), ber. €V. 160%;)0, 
56), & yg. (V. 153, 152, 
186, .166.;" C. “Bg; Fr, 
58, 62). 
r-t. Hgr. ¢ (V. 146; C. 8. José dos Campos, Mr. A. Thomson [P.]. 
50), 9 (V. 153; C. 52), Proy. 8. Paulo. 
& yg. (V. 148; C. 49). 
