96 B0IDJ5. 



B, Markings very indistinct or absent. (OJiftta fiisca, Gray; 

 E. maurus, Gray; E. cuprens, Fisch.) 



«. Hgr., stffU. ? (Ty])e oi a>ytiafnsm.) 



to. J (Sc. 51 ; V. 238; C. 55). Venezuela. {Type o( K maurus.) 



X. J (Sc. 47 ; V. 233 ; C. 58). Venezuela. 



2. Epicrates angulifer. 



Epicrates angulifer, Bibr. in li. de la 6'ar/ra, Hid. Cuba, lirpf. p. 215, 

 pi. XXV. (1843) ; JDum. ^ Bibr. vi. p.'5(i0 (1844) ; Jati, Icon. Gen. 

 p. 89, 1. 6, pi. vi. (1864) ; Gundl. Erp. Cub. p. 70 (1880). 



Boa, sp., Gundl. Arch.f. Nat. 1840, p. 3G1. 



Head with more or less regular shields above, the largest being a 

 pair of proefrontals, a pair of frontals (which may be broken u[)), 

 and, on each side, a supraocular ; a large, elongate loreal, sometimes 

 divided into two, separated from the labials by a series of small 

 shields ; a large prajocular, and a series of 6 small shields below 

 and behind the eye, which is entirely separated from the labials ; 

 13 or 14 upper labials, with very feeble pits. Scales in 51 to 65 

 rows. Ventrals 276-290 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 50-79. Pale 

 brown above, with a dorsal series of rhomboidal dark spots, and 

 dark brown reticulated lines on the sides ; a lateral series of dark 

 brown ocelli with yellowish centres ; yellowish beneath. 



Total length 2170 millim. ; tail 195. 



Cuba. 



3. Epicrates striatus. 



Epicrates angulifer (/jow Bibr.), Gray, Cat. p. 94 (1840). (Specimens 



Ilomalochilus striatui?, Fischer, Ahh. naturw. Ver. Ifamh. iii. 1856, 



p. 102, pi. ii. fig. 2 ; Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 80, I. 6, pi. iv. (1864) ; 



Steind. Novara, Bept. p. 57 (1867). 



multisectus. Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 70. 



strigilatus, Cope, I. c. p. 71, and Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xi. 



1871, p. 558. 

 Epicrates versicolor, Steind. Denksehr. Ah. Wien, xxii. 1863, p. 89, 



pi. -. 

 striatus, Steind. I. c. p. 93. 



Rostral slightly broader than deep, visible from above ; enlarged 

 shields on the top of the head ; a pair of proefrontals, a pair of 

 frontals sometimes fused, sometimes broken up, and, on each side, a 

 supraocular, which may be divided into two or three shields ; a 

 large elongate loreal, sometimes divided into two ; a large pra)- 

 ocular, with a subocular below it ; one or two scales in front of the 

 subocular ; four or five postoculars ; 14 or 15 upper labials, without 

 or with very feeble impressions, seventh and eighth, eighth and 

 ninth, or ninth, entering the eye ; posterior lower labials with 

 shallow impressions. Scales in 51 to 63 rows. Ventrals 271-302 ; 

 anal entire; subcaudals 64-<S8. Pale brown above, with dark 

 olive-brown spots separated by narrow interspaces, or brown with 



