60. COLUBER. 33 



3. Coluber novae-hispaniae. 



. The*, ii. pi. xx. fi-r. 1 (17::'ii. 



:i.'.\iramis. Lar. .S////. ll<-pt. p. 83 (1708). 

 r..luh,T ii.>v;i-liispiiiii:i', Omel. .v. .V. i. p. los< (1788). 

 Spilotrs v;iri:il)iiis, part., (iihif/i. Cat. p. 1)9 (1858). 



- pullatus auribundus. ('>;>!, 1'roc. Ac. Philad. 1801, p. 300. 



- sulvinii, (fiinth. Ann. y Mat/. X. H. (3) ix. 18()L'. p. li'.'., 

 pi. ix. ti-r. r>. nut/ fiinl. ('.-Am., l(<-i>t. p. 110, pi. xlii. (\^\\. 



- viu-iabilis, Xmnichr. Arch. Sc. Phi/a. Nut. (i'| xlvi. 1*7-'!. p. i'-"i'.. 

 -- variabilis, var. auribundus, Garm. N. Am. Kept. p. 50 (1883). 



auribundus, Cope, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 32, 18*7, p. 71 ; 

 oeuitrt, .I//.--.*. -V- . .lA-.f., Jfc/rf. p. G89, pi. xliv. fig. 5 (1888). 



Rostral broader tban deep, visible from above ; internasals as 

 lonu: as broad or a little broader than long, shorter than the prae- 

 frontals ; frontal as long as or a little longer than broad, as Jong as 

 its distance from the rostral or the end of the snout, as long as or a 

 little shorter than the parietals ; loreal small, as long as deep or a 

 little longer; one prae- and two postoculare ; temporals 1 + 1 or 

 1 + 2 ; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye, seventh 

 and eighth very large ; three to five lower labials in contact with 

 the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or a little shorter than 

 the posterior. Scales in 19 rows ( 1 7 and 18 in spec. A), dorsals more 

 or less distinctly keoled. Ventrals 204-222 ; anal entire ; sub- 

 caudals 115-138. Black above, varied with yellow, the yellow 

 forming regular cross bands on the posterior part of the body and on 

 the tail ; belly yellow, with irregular black spots. 



Total length 2120 millim. ; tail 550. 



Mexico and Central America. 



a. 2 (V. 213; C. 119). Mexico. Hr. Hugo Finck [C.l. 



I,. Yir. (V. 210; C. 120). Mexico. M. Sall6 [C.l. 



c. 9 (\. -Jli': C. 116). .U-xico. 



d. Yjr. (V. 204; C. 127). Belize. 



e. f. Ilprr. (V. 212; C. StannCreek,Brit.Hon- Rev. J. Robertson 



i & yg. (V. 217; duras. [C.]. 



C. l-'JO. 

 g. J (V. 212; C. ?). Atoyac, Guerrero. F. B. Godman, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 h-i. d 1 (V. 208; C. 134) Huatuzco, Vera Cruz. F. I). Godman, Esq. 



.-. (V.212; C. li'.-.l. [P.]. 



k. Hgr. (V. 215; C. 138). Yzabal, Guatemala, O. Salvin, Esq. [C.]. 



(Tvpeof S. talrini.) 



1. $ (V. 220 ; C. 127). Rio Motagua. F. 1). Godman, Esq. 



[P.]. 



4. Coluber ? melanotropis. 



Dendrophidiura melanotropis, Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) viii. 1876, 



p. 134, pi. xxvi. fig. 1. 

 Elaphis melanotropis, Cope, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mu. no. 82, 1887, p. 71. 



Rostral broader than deep; frontal l>ell-8haped, wide in front, 

 contracted lidiind, as long as the parietals : loreal much longer than 

 deep; one pneocular, \\itli a subocular below it ; two postocnlu > ; 

 temporals 2 + 2 ; nine upper labials, fourth, fifth, and sixth entering 



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