Fiatrachians ami lieptilts from I'eru. 18/5 



This spccit's, iiaiiu'il in lioiioiir of my i'i)llfa:^iu' .Mr. Oldliiild 

 lliuinas, is allied to T. peruvianusj VViegtu,, troiii wliicli it is 

 well distitiguislied hy the shorter hind limbs and the .stronger 

 aurienlar fringe. 



Pructoporus veufrimucii/ntu.'i. 



Boily elotigate, limbs weak. Fronto-nasal much longer 

 than broad, much larger than the frontal ; fronto-parietals 

 forming a long suture ; interparietal narrower and a little 

 shorter than the y)arietals, widening posteriorly ; three sub- 

 equal oeei[)itals; three supraoculars; no loreal ; a series of 

 very small infraorbitals; temple with large irregular shields; 

 chin-shields, one anterior and three pairs ; gular scales sub- 

 quadrangular, in II transverse series between the chin-shields 

 anil the collar; 10 collar-shields. Dorsal scales elongate- 

 quadrangular, smooth, ju.xtaposed; 31 series between the 

 occiput and the base of the tail. Ventral plates quadrangular, 

 in 10 longituilinal and 22 transverse series. Two large 

 prwanal s'nields in the first row, four in the second. Limbs 

 with smooth shields. Three femoral pores on each side. 

 Tail thick, scaled like the body. Uniform brown above ; 

 white beneath, with large black spots. 



milliiu. 



Head 9 



Width of head 5 



From eud of snout to fore limb 12 



From end of snout to vent 34 



Fore limb 9 



Hind limb 10 



A single specimen from Cajaraarca, 10,000 feet. 



Philodryus Simonsn. 



Eye three fifths length of snout. Rostral broader than 

 deep, just visible from above; internnsals shorter than the 

 prrefrontals ; frontal once and two thirds as long as broad, 

 longer than its distance from the end of the snout, slightly 

 shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one praj- 

 ocular, not reaching the frontal; two j)OStoculars ; temporals 

 2 + 3; eight ujjpcr labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; 

 four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 

 which are nearly as long as the posterior. Scales smooth, 

 with single apical pits, in 19 rows. Ventrals rounded, 182; 

 anal divided; subcaudals 105. Greenish yellow above, with 

 three olive longitudinal stri[)cs and a dark brown vertebral 



