75. LIOPHIS. 135* 



Liophis (Lygophis) y-grsecurn, Peters, Sitzb. Get. not. Fr. 1882, 



I 1 - U 

 Aporophis conirostris, Cope, Proc. Am. Fhilos. Soc. xxii. 1885, 



p. I'.H. 



Eye moderate ; snout short and rather pointed. Rostral hroader 

 than deej), wi-11 visible from above ; interuasals as long as broad or 

 broader than long, as long as or shorter than the praefrontals ; 

 frontal nearly twice as long as broad, as long as or longer than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal 

 deeper than long ; one prae- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 -f 2 ; 

 eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; five lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long 

 as the posterior. Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals 149-108 ; anal 

 divided ; subcaudals 58-68. Length of tail 4^ to 5 times in the 

 total length. Olive above, with four longitudinal series of dark 

 spots ; a light streak along the posterior half (sometimes the whole) 

 of the body and tail ; head brown, with a light V~ or y-shaped 

 marking on the parietals ; upper lip yellowish, the shields usually 

 with black sutures; belly yellowish, spotted or checkered with 

 black. 



Total length 500 millim. ; tail 105. 



Brazil, Paraguay. 



a. $ (V. loo ; C. 68). Brazil J. S. Bowerbank, 1 (Types of 



Esq. [P.]. ( L. coni- 



b. $ (V. 160; C. 68). Babia. Haslar Collection, rostris.) 



c. d, e. ? (V. 162; C. Bahia. Dr. O. Wucherer [U.l. 

 63) & vg. (V. 156, 



157; C."04,?). 



/-//. c? (V. 149; C. ?) S. Jos4 dos Mr. A. Thomson [P.]. 



& $ (V. ll>3; C. 62). Campos, Prov. 



S. Paulo. 



h-i. $ (V. 156, 154; Rio Grande do Dr. H. v. Iherimr fC.l. 



C. 58, ?). Sul. 



k. Yg. (V. 156; C. 63). Paraguay. Lord Dormer [P.]. 



10. Liophis viridis. 



Liophis viridis, G'unth. Ann. $ Mag. N. II. (3) ix. 1862, p. 58, pi. ix. 



tig. 2. 

 typhlus, var. prasina, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anal. Phys. ii. 1863, 



p. 288, and Icon. Gen. 18, pi. iv. fig. 3 (1866). 

 Opheomorphus viridis, Cope, Proc. Ac. PhUad. 1868, p. 102. 



Eye moderate ; snout short and rather pointed. Rostral broader 

 than deep, well visible from above ; interuasals as long as broad, as 

 long as or shorter than the proofrontals ; frontal once and two thirds 

 to twice as long as broad, longer than its distance from the end of 

 the snout, as long as or a little longer than the parietals ; loreal as 

 long as deep or deeper than long ; one pra3- and two postoculars ; 

 temporals 1 -f- 2 ; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the 



