81. RHADINZA. 165 
5. Rhadinea anomala. 
Coronella anomala, Giinth. Cat. p. 87 (1858), and Zool. Rec. 1866, 
p. 126; Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (5) xviii. 1886, p. 431, 
Lygophis rutilus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 80, and 18638, 
p. LOL. 
Coronella pulchella, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 251, 
and Icon, Gén. 17, pl. ili. fig. 4 (1866). 
Aporophis anomalus, Cope, Proc, Am. Philos. Soc. xvii. 1877, p. 98. 
Eye moderate. Rostral broader than deep, jast visible from 
above; internasals as long as broad, as long as or a little shorter 
than the prefrontals *; frontal narrow, twice as long as broad, as 
long as or a little longer than its distance from the end of the 
snout, as long as the parietals; loreal as long as deep or a little 
longert; one pre- and two postoculars; temporals 1+ 2; eight 
(exceptionally seven) 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 a little longer than the posterior. 
Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals indistinctly angulate laterally, 147— 
159; anal divided; subcaudals 50-73. Length of tail 43 to 53 
times in the total length. Brown or olive above, with large black 
spots dotted with yellow, and two yellow longitudinal lines or series 
of spots; the black spots forming symmetrical vertical bars on the 
sides; belly yellow. 
Total length 570 millim. ; tail 105. 
From Southern Brazil and Paraguay to Buenos Ayres. 
@ 6 (NV. 156;.€.?). Parana. Haslar Collection. 
(Type-) 
6. 3 (V.158; C: 69), Paraguay. Prof. Grant [P.]. 
c-d. 3 (V. 159; C. 69) & 
Q (V. 155; C. 66). 
ef. 2 (V. 147, 154; 
C. 66, 65). 
g-i. 8 (V. 152; C. 58) & 
(V. 155, 155; C. 53, 
Rio Grande do Sul. 
Dept. of Soriano, Uru- 
ouay. 
Buenos Ayres. 
Dr. H. v. Ihering [C.]. 
R. Havers, Esq. [ P.}. 
G. Wilks, Esq. [P.]. 
South of Rio de la 
Plata. 
Rio Grande do Sul. 
). 
k-l. 6 (V.151; C. 59) & 
© (V. 147; C. 50). 
m. Skull. 
Lieut. Gairdner [P.]. 
6. Rhadinea sagittifera. 
Chlorosoma sagittifer, Jan, in Burm. Reise La Plata, ii. p. 530 
(1861) [no description ]. 
Liopeltis sagittifer, Jan, ‘Elenco, p, 82 (1863), and Icon. Gén. 31, 
pl. v. fig. 2-(1869). 2 
Liophis pulcher, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lv. 1867, p. 267, pl. i. 
Eye moderate; rostral a little broader than deep, well visible 
* The type specimen is anomalous in having an azygous shield separating the 
pair of preefrontals. 
t Fused with the prefrontal in the type specimen. 
