113. GEoPHIs. SHl7/ 
a-c. ¢ (V. 155; C. 28) Jalapa. 
ines (Via, ialiier 
C. 25, ?). 
d-e. g (V. 147; C. 26) Jalapa. Mr. Hoege [C.]. 
or Oi (Voie Cree): 
Frtoo cv. 162 Gram), Orizaba. 
g. & (V. 147; C. 26). Huatuzco. F. D. Godman, Esq. [P.]. 
hk. 2 (V. 160; C. 25). Mexico. Mr. Hugo Finck [C.]. 
% Skull. Jalapa. 
3. Geophis rhodogaster. 
Colophrys rhodogaster, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 130, fig. 
Geophis rhodogaster, Bocourt, Miss. Se. Mev., Rept. p. 531, pl. xxxi. 
fig. 12 (1883). 
chalybeea, part., Giinth. Biol. C.-Am., Rept. p. 87 (1893). 
Maxillary extending considerably beyond the palatine in front, 
‘the first tooth below the suture between the first and second labial 
shields. Eye very small, measuring two thirds to three fourths its 
distance from the mouth. Snout rounded, feebly projecting. Rostral 
moderate, slightly broader than deep, the portion visible from above 
measuring about one third its distance from the frontal ; internasals 
nearly twice as broad as long, one half to two fifths the length of 
the preefrontals ; prefrontals a little broader than long; frontal 
broader than long, as long as or a little longer than its distance from 
the end of the snout, a little shorter than the parictals ; no supra- 
ocular, frontal bordering the eye; loreal nearly twice as long as 
deep ; one postocular ; six upper labials, third and fourth entering 
the eye; three lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 
shields, which are as long as or a little longer than the posterior, 
and separated from the symphysial. Scales in 17 rows, everywhere 
perfectly smooth. Ventrals 135-144; anal entire; subcaudals 30— 
43. Uniform dark brown above; upper lip, outer row of scales, and 
lower parts uniform orange. 
Total length 345 millim.; tail 55. 
Yucatan, Guatemala, Costa Rica. 
a-b. § (V.141; C. 32) & Rio Chisoy, below the O. Salvin, Esq. [C.]. 
OPQVe 136; CL33)) town of Cubulco, 
Guatemala. 
4. Geophis dugesii. 
Geophis dugesii, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mev., Rept. p. 573, pl. xxxvii. 
fiz. 1 (1883) ; Duges, La Naturaleza, vi. 1884, p. 359, pl. ix. fig. 1. 
Elapoides dugesi, Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. xxii. 1880, p. 586. 
Eye quite as long as its distance from the mouth. Snout rounded, 
feebly prominent. Rostral broader than deep, the portion visible 
from above measuring hardly one third its distance from the frontal : 
internasals nearly twice as broad as long, two fifths the length of 
the preefrontals, which are as broad as long; frontal slightly longer 
