132 REPTILES. 



temminckii, Tschudi, Wieym. Arch, 1845, p. 166, and Fauna 

 Peruana, Herpetol. p. 52. Dromicus temminckii, Dum. Sf Bibr. 

 vii. p. 663. 



Body and tail rather stout ; one loreal ; scales smooth, in nine- 

 teen rows; rostral just reaching the surface of snout. Light 

 brown, with a broad, dark, white-edged vertebral band ; on the 

 sides a brown, more or less conspicuous band ; the vertebral band 

 generally yellow-edged on the occipital region. 



a. Adult. Colchagua, Chili. 



b. Adult. Colchagua, Chili. 



c. Adult. Chili. From Mr. Bridges' Collection. 



d. Half-grown: injured. Mexico? — Belly with two series of 



small points. 



e. Half-grown: injured. Mexico? 



/. Half-grown: head injured. Mexico? 



ff. Half-grown. Mexico? 



h. Adult. America. 



i. Adult : head injured. America. 



12. Dromicus fugitivus. 



La Couresse, Lacep. Quadr. Ovip. et Serp. ii. pi. 14. f. 2 

 Bonnat. Ophiol. pi. 42. f. 3. Coluber fugitivus, Donndorf, Zool 

 Beitrdffe, iii. p. 2()6. Coluber cursor, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 510 

 Latr. Rept. iv. p. 125 ; Daud. Kept. vi. p. 41, and viii. p. 404 

 Moreau de Jonnes, Jovrn. de Phys. 1818, p. 133 ; Merr. Tent 

 p. 113, Herpetodryas cursor, iSc^Ze^.i^ss. ii. p. 199. Dromicus 

 cursor, Bibron in Hist, de Vile de Cuba par M. Ramon de la 

 Sagra, Rept. pi. 28 ; Dum. 8f Bibr. vii. p. 650. 



Habit of moderate slenderness ; scales smooth, in fifteen or 

 seventeen rows ; one loreal. Reddish brown or brown, with six 

 rows of yellowish spots, two on the back, and two on each side 

 near the edge of abdomen ; each shield of head black in front 

 and yellowish behind; belly yellowish. 



a, b. Adult. Guadeloupe. From M. Parzudaki's Collection. 



c-f. Adult and half-grown. St. Lucia. Presented by Miss 

 Alexander. 



g. Adult : not good state. St. Lucia. Presented by the Zoolo- 

 gical Society. 



h. Half- grown. Caraccas. 



i. Half-grown. Barbadoes. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



k-m. Adult : bad state. America. Presented by the Zoological 

 Society. 



Var. Deep black, generally with two dorsal bands of yellow 



