46 REPTILES. 



bb. Has been dried. Brazil. 



cc. Discoloured. Brazil. From the Haslar Collection. 



4. LlOPHIS REGINiE. 



Coluber regina;, Linn. Mus. Ad. Fried, pi. 13. f. 3; Gmelin, 

 Syst. Nat. iii. p. 1096 ; Lacep. Quadr. Ovip. Serp. ii. p. 187 ; 

 Shaw, Gen. Zool. iii. p. 521 ; Latr. Rept. iv. p. 145 ; Daud. Rept. 

 vii. p. 172. Coluber graphicus, (E. W . Gray, MSS.) Shaw, Zool. 

 p. 474. Natrix reginse, Merr. Tent. Syst. Amph. p. 115. Liophis 

 reginte, Wagl. Syst. der Amph. p. 188. Coronella reginse, Schleg. 

 Ess. ii. p. 61 ; Dum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 704. 



Head moderate. Above olive, generally darker varied and 

 spotted ; at the sides a series of black spots forming a band on 

 the hinder part of the body and on the sides of the tail ; a whitish 

 streak from the back edge of the eye on each side of the occiput. 



a. Adult. South America. From the Berlin Museum. 



b. Adult. Demerara. From Mr. Snellgrove's Collection. 



c. Young. Demerara. From Mr. Snellgrove's Collection. 



d. Adult : discoloured. America. Old Collection. Original 



specimen of Dr. E. W. Gray's Coluber graphicus, described 

 by Dr. Shaw. 



e. Adult : bad state. America. 



5. Liophis tjeniurus. 



Liophis tamiurus, Tschudi, Fauna Peruana, Herpet. p. 51. t. 5. 



Above more or less uniform dark olive, or with broad blackish 

 cross bands ; on each side of posterior part of body and of tail, 

 two bluish-black longitudinal streaks, the outer ones broadest. 



a. Adult. Guayaquil. 



b. Adult. South America. From the Collection of the Zoolo- 



gical Society. 



6. Liophis conirostris. 



Rostral shield protruding, rather pointed. Above brown, with 

 two lighter dorsal longitudinal streaks, and indistinct, narrow, 

 irregular black cross bands ; beneath whitish, with large black 

 blotches. 



a. Adult. Brazil. Presented by J. S. Bowerbank, Esq. 



b. Adult. Bahia. From the Haslar Collection. 



Description. — Similar in general appearance to Liophis regina, 

 but head with pointed muzzle. Rostral shield conically protru- 

 ding, pointed behind, somewhat intruding between the frontals, 

 but much more moderately than in Simotes ; frontals moderate ; 



