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m. Adult : injured. America. From the Haslar Collection. 

 71, Adult. America. From the Haslar Collection. 

 0. Fine specimen. Argentine Republic. Presented by the 

 Zoological Society. Above uniform green. 



3. Philodryas ^stivus. 



Dryophylax aestivus, Dum. Sf Bihr. p. 1111. 



Scales keeled, in nineteen or twenty-one rows; two nasals; 

 snout rounded in front ; rostral conically pointed. Above uni- 

 form olive-green, beneath paler. (See Cyclophis (Bstivus.) 



a. Adult. Brazil. From Mr. Clausen's Collection. 



b. Young. Brazil. Presented by W. F. Evans, Esq. 



c. Adult. Sine patria. From the Haslar Collection. Scales in 



twenty-one rows. 



d. 2' 9" long. Argentine Republic. Presented by the Zoolo- 



gical Society. Scales in twenty-one rows. 



4. Philodryas schottii. 



Coluber schottii, Fitzinger, Neue Classif. Rept. p. 57. Xenodon 

 schottii, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 541 ; Schleg. Ess. pi. 3. f. 8, 9. 

 Pseudophis schottii, Fitz. Syst. Rept. p. 26. Dryophylax schottii, 

 Dum. 6f Bihr. vii. p. 1118. 



Scales smooth, lanceolate, in very obhque rows; nineteen 

 rows. Greenish olive, each scale black-edged. 



a. Adult. Brazil. From Mr. Clausen's Collection. 



h. Adult : tail injured. Pemambuco. Presented by J. P. G. 



Smith, Esq. 

 c. Adult : not good state. Brazil. From the Haslar Collection. 



5. Philodryas serra. 



Herpetodryas serra, Schleg. Ess. pi. 7- f. 1, 2. Dryophylax 

 serra, Dum. 4* Bibr. p. 1113. 



Scales keeled, in twenty-one rows. Brownish : a dorsal series 

 of large black square spots; posteriorly uniform blackish. 

 Brazil. 



6. Philodryas goudotii. 



Herpetodrj^as goudotii, Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 187. Dryophylax 

 goudotii, Dum. ^ Bibr. p. 1122. 



Scales smooth, in twenty-one rows ; brownish, paler beneath ; 

 back with numerous black, narrow, oblicjue cross streaks. Mada- 

 gascar. 



