75. LIOPHIS. 139 
Zamenis ater, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) ix. 1872, p. 22, 
stated by the donor to have been obtained at, and described as 
from, Biskra, Algeria, is a snake closely allied to Liophis regine, of 
which it is probably a melanotic (insular?) variety, distinguished 
by the somewhat more elongate body, the blackish colour of the 
upper parts, and the uniform yellowish belly. ; 
a-c. 5 (V. 156, 148; C. ?, 60) J. Brenchley, Esq. [C.]. 
& 2 (V.150; C. 62). (Types of Z, ater.) 
14, Liophis julia. 
Aporophis juli, Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xviii. 1879, p. 274. 
Dromicus julie, Garm. Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xxiv. 1887, p. 281. 
Liophis julie, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) ii. 1888, p. 365. 
Eye rather large; snout short. Rostral broader than deep, 
visible from above; internasals broader than long, 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; loreal deeper than long; one pre- and two 
postoculars; temporals 14+2; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 
entering the eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior 
chin-shields, which are as long as or a little longer than the posterior. 
Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 157-164; anal divided; subcaudals 
64-85. Length of tail 33 to 3§ times in the total length. Black 
above, each scale with a pale olive or whitish spot; head black, 
with pale brownish variegations; no light nuchal collar in the 
young; upper labials white, lower parts white, uniform or spotted 
or checkered with black. 
Total length 610 millim.; tail 170. 
West Indies (Dominica and Marie Galante). 
a-h. 3 (V. 163; C. 64), (V. Dominica. G, A. Ramage, Esq. [C.]. 
157, 163, 161, 160, 163; C. 
79, 80, 75, 79, 82), her. (V. 
162; C. 79), & yg. (V. 158; 
C. 85). 
15, Liophis cursor. 
Coluber cursor, Lacép. Serp. pp. 96, 281, pl. xiv. (1789); Bonnat. 
Encyel. Méth., Ophiol. p. 27 (1789) ; Daud. Rept. vi. p. 411 (1808) ; 
Moreau de Jonnées, Bull. des Sc. Soe. Philom. 1818, p. 111. 
fugitivus, Donnd. Zool. Bettr. iii. p. 206 (1798). 
ornatus, Shaw, Zool, iii. p. 477 (1802). 
Herpetodryas cursor, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 199 (1837). 
Dromicus cursor, part., Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 650 (1854) ; Jan, Icon. 
Gén, 23, pl. v. fig. 3 (1867). 
fugitivus, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 132 (1858); Bocourt, Miss. Se. 
Mew., Rept. p. 708, pl. 1. fig. 4 (1890). 
? Liophis putnamii, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 78. 
Dromicus cursor, Garm. Proc. Am. Philos, Soc, xxiv. 1887, p. 280. 
ornatus, Garm. 1. c. p. 281. 
Liophis ornatus, Cope, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xii. 1889, p. 141. 
fugitivus, Bouleng. Proc. Zovl, Soc. 1891, p. 353. 
