430 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on the Ueptiles and 



IV. Pupil vertical. 



a. No grooved fangs ; scales on the vertebral line 



larger than the others Leptognathus. 



h. Grooved fangs; scales equal; anal divided Thanviodijnastes. 



c. Grooved fangs ; scales equal ; anal entire Oxyrhopus, 



Geophis, Wagl. 



GeopMs reticulatus. 



Geophis reticulatus, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xvi. 1885, 

 p. 87. 



B. M. ; V. I. 



Elapomorphus, Wiegm. 



Elapomorphus lemmscatus. 



JSlapomorpkus lemniscatus, Dum. & Bibr. vii. p. 840 ; Jan, Icon. Oph. 



14, pi. ii. fig. 3 ; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xv. pp. 194 



and 321, pi. x., and xvi. p. 296. 

 Elapomoiyhus reticulatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1860, p. 518, pi. — . 



fig. 2. 

 Elapomorphus Iheringii, Strauch, Mel. Biol. Ac. St. P^tersb. xii. 1885, 



and Bull. xxix. p. 571. 

 Phalotris melanopleurus, Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. xxii. (1885) p. 189. 



B. M. ; V. I. 



Ablabes, D. & B. 



Ablahes Agassizn. 



Eirenis Agassizii, Jan, Icon. Oph. 15, pi. v. fig. 3. 



Ablabes Agassizii, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xvi. p. 87. 



B. M. J V. I. 



CORONELLA, Laur. 



A. Third and fourth upper labials entering the orbit. 



a. Three temporals in contact vrith the outer border of the 



parietal ; ventral shields plumbeous on the sides poecilupogon. 



h. Two temporals in contact -with the outer border of the 

 parietal ; ventrala with black dots on the sides ; a roimd 

 light spot on each parietal close to the median suture . . Iheringii, 



B. Fourth and fifth upper labials entering the orbit. 



a. Pale brown above, with three dark-brown longitudinal 



bands, the lateral passing through the eye obtum. 



h. Bluish-olive in spirits, with a more or less distinct brown 



vertebral band Jcsgeri. 



c. Brown above, elegantlj' spotted with black and dotted 

 with yellowish ; a series of yellowish spots forming a 

 line on each side of the back anomala. 



