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nape. Two rows of pale spots on the back, distinct in the 

 lumbar region, barely discernible anteriorly, represented on 

 the tail by two broken, wavy, dark olive lines. A lateral series 

 of gray spots on the tail. Labials with pale pinkish buff mark- 

 ings, and an oblique line of the same color margined with 

 dark brown from below the orbit to the anterior region of the 

 throat. Gular region, throat and axillary region cartridge 

 buff to pinkish buff with irregular blackish brown markings. 

 Ground color of belly olive buff, of pelvic region army brown, 

 mostly obscured by irregular markings of chaetura drab. Tail 

 beneath chaetura black with small gray spots. 



Length of head and body, 45 mm.; length of tail. 48.5 

 mm.; length of head (to ear), 10 mm.; width of head, 6 mm. 



Habitat : Santa Marta Mountains, Colombia. 



Type specimen : Cat. No. 47782, ]\Iuseum of Zoology, 

 University of Michigan; San Lorenzo (altitude of 5,000 feet), 

 Santa Marta ]Mountains, Colombia; July 20, 1913; F. M. 

 Gaige, collector. 



Notes on Jiabits : The type specimen was found in a wet 

 and very much decayed log in the forest. The only other 

 specimen obtained was a much mutilated one taken from the 

 stomach of a snake (Drymohins boddaertii) found near the 

 same place. 



