c, d, e. (S (''^c. 41, 41 ; V. 267, W. Indies. 



277; C. 71,79). 



/. S (Sc. 45 ; V. 276 ; C. 80). ? 



(/-i. Yg. (Sc. 41, 39, 89; V. 265, Born in the Zoological Gardens, 



264, 273 ; C. 74, ?, 60). London. 



k. Eggs. Bluefields, Ja- P. H. Gosse, Esq. 



maica. [P.]. 



5. Epicrates fordii. 



Pelophilns fordii, G'dnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 142, pi. xxiii. 



Cbilabotlirus fordii, Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 87 (1865). 



Homalocliilus clirysogaster. Cope, Proc. Am. Philo'i. Sc. xi. 1871, 



p. 557. 

 Chilabothrus maculatus, Fischer, Jahrh. Hamh. Wiss. Anst. v. 1888, 



p. 33, pi. iii. fig. 7. 



llostral a little broader than deep, scarcely visible from above ; a 

 pair of large prcefrontals, followed by smaller, more or less regular 

 shields ; a large frontal, in contact with the supraocular, which is 

 only about half as large ; two to four loreals ; a large prteocular, 

 with one or two small shields below it ; four to seven postoculars ; 

 13 or 14 upper labials, sixth and seventh, seventh and eighth, or 

 sixth, seventh, and eighth entering the eye ; no labial pits. Scales 

 in 33 to 43 rows. Ventrals 250-265 ; anal entire ; subcaudala 70- 

 80. Pale olive, yellowish, or reddish above, with a dorsal series of 

 large, elliptic or reniform, transverse dark brown spots edged with 

 blackish, some of which may be confluent to form an undulous 

 band ; a lateral series of smaller spots ; a dark stripe on each side 

 of the head, passing through the eye ; belly yellowish, with small 

 brown spots. 



Total length 740 millira. ; tail 125. 



Santo Domingo; /Turk's Island, Bahamas. 



(Sc. 37 ; V. 250 ; C. 80). S. Domingo. 



' c. 33; T. 253 ; C. 70). ? (T>Te.) 



c. 33 ; V. 253 ; C. 74). ■ ? Dil A. Giiuther [P.].' 



6. Epicrates gracilis. 



CWviTjOv'uus gracilis, Fischer, Jahrh. Ilamh. Wiss. Anst. v. 1888, 

 , :^n, p iii. fig. 8. 



< ' iely allied to the preceding, but more slender and strongly 

 colli pressed. 11 o/ 12 upper labials, sixth and seventh or fifth and 

 sixili cljijp'jug the eye. Scales in 40 rows. Ventrals 2S2-2Sd ; 

 subi auSy/.jlOO- lOSr'^- Blackish grey, somewhat lighter on the 

 belly ; sMfoiigitudina] t^ciirs of small black spots. 



Total l«|tlT8,95 millii?;. ; tail 105. 



Santo D'jrraiiu'o. 



