Total length 190 millim. 
Arizona, Lower California, and Western Mexico. 
a-b, Ad. Presidio, near Mazatlan. Mr. Forrer {C.]. 
27. Glauconia septemstriata. 
Typhlops septemstriatus, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 341 (1801). 
Catodon septemstriatus, Dum. § Bibr. vi. p. 319 (1844). 
See 18 cl YF —” Jan, Icon. Gén. p. 39, 1.1, pls. v. & vi. 
Siagonodon septemstriatus, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. natu. Freunde, 
1881, p. 71; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 507 (1882). 
Snout rounded; no supraoculars, the oculars being separated 
from each other, on the top of the head, by a single shield; rostral 
truncate above, extending to between the eyes; nasal completely 
divided into two ; ocular bordering the lip, between two labials, the 
anterior of which is very small. 14 scales round the body. 
Diameter of body 45 times in the total length, length of tail 28 
times. Yellowish, with seven black lines along the dorsal scales, 
Total length 280 millim. 
Hab. ——? 
Fam. 3. BOIDA. 
Constrictores, , Ordn. . p. 49, 1811. 
Pythonoidea, ree , Neue Classif. Rept. p. 27, 1826. 
Colubrini, part., Bove, Isis, 1827, p. 510. : 
Macrostomata, part. (Holodonta, onta, part.), J. Miiller, Zeitschr. 
F. Physiol. iv. p. 270, 1831. 
Boide, part., Gray, Zool. Miscell. p. 41, 1842. : 
ee Pythoniens, Duméril § Bibron, Erp. Gén. vi. p. 358, 
Boide, part., Gray, Cat. Sn. p. 82, 1849. 
Aglyphodontes Holodontiens, part., Aprotérodontiens, part., Duméril, 
Mém. Ac. Se. xxiii. pp. 424, 428, 1853. 
Asinea, part. (Peropoda}, Stannius, Zool. Amph. p. 6, 1856. 
Bowidw, Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 19, 1863. 
Pythonidew, Boide, , Proc. Ac. Philad. 1864, p. 230. 
Pythonide, Erycidw, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. pp. 328, 332, 1864. 
Peropodes, Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 105, 1882. 
Pythonide, Boidw, Charinide, Cope, Am. Nat. 1886, p. 294, and 
Proc. Amer. Philos, Soc. xxiii. p. 482, 1886. 
Boidee, Boulenger, Faun, Ind., Rept. p. 234, 1890. 
Maxillary, palatine, and pterygoid movable; transpalatine present ; 
_ pterygoid extending to quadrate or mandible; supratemporal 
present, attached scale-like to cranium, suspending quadrate ; 
prefrontal in contact with nasal, Mandible with coronoid bone. 
Teeth in both jaws. Vestiges of pelvis and hind limbs, usually 
terminating in a claw-like spur visible on each side of the vent. 
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