113. GEOPHI8. :;17 



a-c. <$ (V. 155; C. Jalapa. 



& $ (V. 17.-!, i;i> : 



5, ?). 



</-. rf (V. 147; C. 26) Jalapa. Mr. Hoege [C.]. 



A . (V. 17 J; C.24). 



ly; C. 27). Orizaba. 



. rf (V. 147 ; C. 26). Iluatuzco. F. D. Godman, Esq. [P.]. 



(V. UK); C. I'o). Mexico. Mr. Hugo Finck [( 



i. Skull. Jalapa. 



3. GeopMs rhodogaster. 



Colophrys rhodogaster, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1808, p. 130, ti<r. 

 Geopbis rhodogaster, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 531, pi. \.\xi. 



fig. 12 (1883). 



chalybsea, part., Giinth. Biol. C.-Am., Rept. p. 87 (1893). 



Maxillary extending considerably beyond the palatine in front, 

 the first tooth below the suture between the first and second labial 

 shields. Eye very small, measuring two thirds to three fourths its 

 distance from the mouth. Snout rounded, feebly projecting. Rostral 

 moderate, slightly broader than deep, the portion visible from above 

 measuring about one third its distance from the frontal ; internasals 

 nearly twice as broad as long, one half to two fifths the length of 

 the pnetrontals ; praefrontals a little broader than long; frontal 

 broader than long, as long as or a little longer than its distance from 

 the end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; no supra- 

 ocular, frontal bordering the eye; loreal nearly twice as long as 

 deep ; one postocular ; six upper labials, third and fourth entering 

 the eye ; three lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

 shields, which are as long as or a little longer than the posterior, 

 and separated from the symphysial. Scales in 17 rows, everywhere 

 perfectly smooth. Ventrals 135-144 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 30- 

 4:i. Uniform dark brown above ; upper lip, outer row of scales, and 

 lower parts uniform orange. 



Total length 345 millim. ; tail 55. 



Yucatan, Guatemala, Costa Ilica. 



a-b. <$ (V. 141 ; C. 32) & Rio Chisoy, below the 0. Salvin, Esq. [C.]. 

 (V. 130; C. 33). town of Cubulco, 



Guatemala. 



4. Geophis dugesii. 



1 '.ye quite as long as its distance from the mouth. Snout rounded, 

 feebly prominent. Rostral broader than deep, the portion visible 

 from above measuring hardly one third its distance from the frontal : 

 internasals nearly twice as broad as long, two fifths the U-ngth of 

 the prefrontals, which are as broad as long: frontal slightly longer 



