74. DROMICUS. 123 



5. Dromicns antillensis. 



P-niinnopliis nntillcnsis, part., Schfft/. Phy*. Serp. ii. p. 214 (1837). 

 niriis antillensis, part., Dum. Sf flibr. vii. p. 650 (1864). 



ai)till.-n*is, Gunth. Cat. p. 129 (1858) ; Jan, Icon. Gin. 25, pi. i. 



titr. 1 (1H;7). 

 Al~.,|,)iis antillensis, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 76; Rcinh. Sf 



Liitk. Vidensk. Meddfl. 1802, p. 218; Garm. Proc. Am. Philos. 



Soc. xxiv. 1887, p. 282. 



Eye moderate ; snout moderate, somewhat projecting. Rostral 

 twire as broad as deep, scarcely visible from above ; internasals as 

 long as broad, shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal once and two 

 thirds or once and three fourths as long as broad, as long as or a 

 little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than 

 the parietals ; loreal pentagonal, as long as deep or a little longer ; 

 one pre- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 -f 2 ; eight upper labials, 

 third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. 

 Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals 172-189; anal divided; subcaudals 

 116-142. Length of tail 2| to 3 times in the total length. Pale 

 brown above, with small darker spots ; a dark brown streak on each 

 side of the head, passing through the eye ; frequently a dark streak 

 along each side of the body ; upper labials and lower parts yellowish, 

 usually brown-dotted; sometimes a brown line along each side of 

 the belly. 



Total" length 1000 millim. ; tail 350. 



West Indies (Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, St. John, St. 

 Thomas, Vieque, Santo Domingo). 



a-c. <? (V. 178, 175 ; C. ?, 121) Dominica. 



& $ (V. 181 ; C. 119). 

 d-f. c? (V. 179 ; C. 116) & $ Vieque. Hr. Riise [C.]. 



(V. 189, 179; C. ?, 129). 

 y-n. rf (V. 177, 177 ; C. 126, St. Thomas. Hr. Riise [C.]. 



1*), 2 (V. 180 ;C.?),hgr. 



(V. 181,182, 184; C. 134, 



133, 135), &yg. (V. 174; 



C. 126). 



o. c? (V. 178; C.122). St. Thomas. M. Sails [C.]. 



p-q. <$ (V. 178, 174 ; C. 181, St. Thomas. 



131). 

 r. Skull. W. Indies. 



6. Dromicns leucomelas. 



Dromicus leucomelas, Dum. fy Bibr. vii. p. 666 (1854) ; Jan, Icon. 

 -. 25, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1867) ; Ounth. Ann. $ Mag. N. II. (6) ii. 



1888, p. 306. 

 ALjophis leucomelan, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philml. 1H5J. p. 7<>. 



sibonius, Cupe, Proc. Am. Phiba. &#. xviii. 1879, p. 275 ; Garm. 



Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xxiv. 18b7, p. 283.- 



Eye moderate; snout moderate, somewhat projecting. Rostral 



