152 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPECIES OF REPTILES IN THE UNITED 
STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
By H.C. YARROW, M. D. (Univ. of Penrn.), 
Honorary Curator of Reptiles. 
EUTZNIA VAGRANS PLUTONIA, subspecies nov. 
This subspecies resembles H. vagrans angustirostris, but may be dis- 
tinguished by the characters given below. 
Body very short when compared with length. Tail more than one- 
quarter total length. Head short and broad, snout blunt, not long and 
narrow as in LE. vagrans angustirostris. Crown flat above. Eye small, 
directly over the fourth and fifth upper labials; upper labials eight, 
the sixth a third larger than the seventh; eighth small and triangular. 
Lower labials ten, sixth largest; one large anteorbital, three postorbitals. 
Mouth deeply cleft. Prefrontals triangular, postfrontals broader than 
long, verticals and occipitals about the same as in H. vagrans angustiros- 
tris. Dorsalrows of scales twenty-one, outer row smooth, a few showing 
traces of slight carination, but not so much as do the upper rows, the 
keeling increasing towards the dorsal ridge. An ivory-white dorsal 
band, eight scales wide, commences four scales posterior to hinder mar- 
gin of verticals, becoming narrower as it extends towards the tail; no 
traces of it can be seen on the lower third of the body. On both sides 
are indistinct and broken lateral lines, which commence five seales pos- 
terior to the angle of the jaw on the third and fourth rows of seales, then 
drop to the second and third rows of scales. These lateral lines in some 
places appear to be double. Below the lateral lines many of the blue- 
black scales are margined with white. Color above blue-black, with an 
ashy tint, due toa sprinkling of whitish dots on many scales. The upper 
border of the ventral scales, below the first row of dorsal and lateral 
scales, is blue-black, the centers greenish-white; many of them are mac- 
ulated with black anteriorly. Length of specimen 2 feet Linch. This 
Specimen was seen some years since by Professor Cope, who suggested 
the name which has been given to it. 
No. Locality. | Date. | Collector. Ale. 
BUA ATizonis 2 CALE MEE cok ket So Coe ee ee | 1871 | F. Bischoff. Type. 
EuTANIA HENSHAWYI, species nov. 
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Among the many very valuable specimens of reptiles sent to the Na- 
tional Museum by Capt. C. Bendire, U. 8. A., is one new species for 
which the above name is suggested. 
Head rather broad and short, mouth deeply cleft. Eye large, over 
fourth and fifth upper labials. Verticals longer than broad ; eight upper 
labials, six and seven of same size; ten lower labials; twenty-one rows 
of scales, first not carinated except on lower tiird of body, and then 
