96 BOIDA. 
B. Markings very indistinct or absent. (Cliftia fusca, Gray ; 
E. maurus, Gray ; EL. cupreus, Fisch.) 
v. Hgr., stffd. —-: of Ch ca. 
w. S (ee. 51; V. 288; C. 55). Venezuela, (Byeeo pata es ‘ 
x. go (Sc. 47; -V, 233; ©, 58). Venezuela, 
2. Epicrates angulifer. 
Kpicrates angulifer, Bibr. in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, a p. a 
pl. xxv. (1843) ; Dum. § Bibr. vi. p. 560 (1844) ; Jan, 
p- 89, 1. 6, pl. vi. (1864); Gundl. Erp. Cub. p. 70 (1880). 
Ria. sp. Gundl. Arch. J. Nat. 1840, p. 361. 
Head with more or less regular shields above, the largest being a 
pair of prefrontals, a pair of frontals (which may be broken up), 
and, on each side, a supraocular; a large, elongate loreal, sometimes 
divided into two, separated from the labials by a series of small 
shields; a large preocular, and a series of 6 small shields below 
and behind the eye, which is entirely separated from the labials ; 
13 or 14 upper labials, with very feeble pits. Scales in 51 to 65 
rows. Ventrals 276-290; anal entire; subcaudals 50-79. Pale 
brown above, with a dorsal series of rhomboidal dark spots, and 
dark brown reticulated lines on the sides; a lateral series of dark 
brown ocelli with yellowish centres ; yellowish beneath. 
Total length 2170 millim. ; tail 195. 
Cuba. 
3. Epicrates striatus. 
Fpicrates angulifer (non Bibr.), Gray, Cat. p. 94 (1849). (Specimens’ 
onl 
Bacanaehhes Striatus, Fischer, Abh. naturw. Ver. Hamb. iii. 1856, 
it l. ii. fig. 2; Jan, Icon, Gén. p- 86,, 1. 6, pl. iv. (1864) ; 
Rteind. ovara, ‘Rept. 57 (1867). 
—— multisectus, Cope, Pica: Ac. Philad, 1862, p. 70. 
strigilatus, Cope, 1. c. p. 71, and Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xi. 
1871, p. 558. 
Epicrates versicolor, Steind. Denkschr. Ak. Wien, xxii. 1863, p. 89, 
pl. —. 
— striatus, Steind. 1. c. p. 93. 
Rostral slightly broader than deep, visible from above ; enlarged 
shields on the top of the head; a pair of prefrontals, a pair of 
frontals sometimes fused, sometimes broken up, and, on each side, a 
supraocular, which may be divided into two or three shields; a 
large elongate loreal, sometimes divided into two; a large pra- 
ocular, with a subocular below it ; one or two scales in front of the 
subocular ; four or five postoculars ; 14 or 15 upper labials, without 
or with very feeble impressions, seventh and eighth, eighth and 
ninth, or ninth, entering the eye; posterior lower labials with 
shallow i impressions. Scalesin 51 to 63 rows. Ventrals 271-302; — 
anal entire; subcaudals 64-88. Pale brown above, with dark 
olive-brown spots separated by narrow interspaces, or brown with 
