a. OV. 1549 C247). 
v, w-y. 8 (V. 144; C. 53) 
& yg. (V. 144, 150, 148; 
C. 50, 55, 53). 
za. Her. (V. 172, 
C. ?, 62). 
B-y. Her. (V. 155, 154; 
C. 50, 49). 
6-6. 2 (V. ge 147; 
. 45, 43, 43), her. (V. 
157; °C. 44) nm Youve 
152; C. 13) 
Lor sa Lol 3 (O.2); 
iets 
kp. & (V.155; C.52) & 
OV. 06, 157; C: 
51). 
. 2 (V. 150, 155; C. 
4 
V. 158; C. 50), 
. 149; C. 44), & 
. 152, 149; C. 
— 
Ug. 154; C. 44). 
Lard 
(. 
75, LIOPHIS. 
Santa Cruz, Prov. 
Matto Grosso. 
Rio Grande do Sul. 
Brazil. 
Paraguay. 
Asuncion, Paraguay. 
Dept. of Soriano, Uru- 
guay. 
Uruguay. 
Buenos Ayres. 
S. of Rio de la Plata. 
Argentina. 
Uruguay. 
Liophis perfuscus. 
133 
8. Moore, Esq. [P.]. 
Dr. H. v. Ihering 
[C.]. 
G. L. Conyngham, 
Esq. [P. ]. 
Prof. Grant [P.]. 
Dr. J. Bohls [C\]. 
R. Havers, Esq. [C. }. 
E. W. White, Esq. 
Lieut. Gairduer [P.}. 
Liophis perfuscus, Cope, Proc, Ac. Philad, 1862, p. 77. 
Dromicus perfuscus, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (3) xii. 1863, p. 349. 
Eye moderate; snout short. Rostral broader than deep, visible 
from above ; internasals as long as broad, as long as or a little 
shorter than the preefrontals ; frontal about once and a half as long 
as broad, as long as or a little longer than its distance from the end 
of the snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal deeper than long ; 
one pre- and two postoculars; temporals 1+1 or 1+2; eight or 
nine upper labials, fourth and fifth or fifth and sixth entering the 
eye; 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 obtusely angulate laterally, 182-194; anal 
divided; subcaudals 75-80. Length of tail 42 to 5 times in the 
total length. Brown above, vertebral region darker; lower parts 
greyish or yellowish brown *. 
Total length 1000 millim.; tail 200. 
Barbados. 
a-d. & (V. 192; C. 78), 2 Barbados. Col. Feilden [P.]. 
(V. 189; C. 75), & Ae 
(V. 182, 194; C. 77, 77). 
? 
e. $ (V. 193; C. 80). 
College of Surgeons [ P. }. 
* A young specimen, preserved in the Christiania Museum, is entirely black 
above and beneath. 
