458 KOIDM. 



153. Epicrates cenchris (Linn.). Thick-necked Tree-Boa. 

 Hab. West Indies. 



a. Purchased, May 13, 1870. 



Genus CHILOBOTHRUS. 



154. Chilobothrus inornatus (Reinh.) . Yellow Snake. 

 Hab. Jamaica. 



a, b. Presented by Dr. Bowerbank, Oct. 17, 1855. 

 c-e. Presented by Capt. Abbott, June 14, 1864. 

 /. Presented by Capt. Hammack, April 13, 1865. 

 g. Presented by Joseph Smith, Esq., June 2, 1870. 

 h-q. Born in the Menagerie, Aug. 6, 1873. 



Family ERYCID.E. 



Genus ERYX. 



155. Eryxjaculus, Daud. Egyptian Eryx. 

 Hab. Egypt. 



a. Purchased, Aug. 8, 1863. 



156. Eryx thebaicus, Reuss. Shielded Eryx. 

 Hab. North Africa. 



a, 6. Purchased, Aug. 16, 1870. From Mogador. 



157. Eryxjohnii (Russell). Indian Eryx. 

 Hab. India. 



a. Purchased, Jan. 10, 1865. 



6. Purchased, May 17, 1873. 



c, d. Purchased, March 5, 1875. 



e. Presented by Dr. I. Shortt, May 19, 1875. 



Genus TYPHLOPS. 



158. Typhlops nigro-albus, Dum. & Bibr. Black-and-White 



Blind Snake. 

 Hab. Malacca , 



a. Purchased, July 19, 1870. See P. Z. S. 1 870, p. 668. From 

 Singapore. 



