98 BOID. 
a. ¢ (Sc. 48; V. 275; C. 76). Jamaica. y, os Gosse, Esq. 
b. Ad., stfid. Jamaica, 1.86 d, Esq. [P.]. 
ce, d,e. & (Sc. 41, 41; V. 267, W. Indies, 
277 ; C. 71, 79). 
f¢ (Se. 45 ; V. 276; ©, 80). —-? 
g-t. Yg. (Se. 41, 39, 89; V. 265, Born in the Zoological Gardens, 
264, 273; C. 74, ? 4 60). London. 
k. Eggs. Bluefields, Ja- P. H. Gosse, Esq. 
maica, [Pa 
5. Epicrates fordii. 
Pelophilus fordii, ‘Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 142, pl. xxiii. 
Chilabothrus fordii, Jan, Icon. Gén. p. 87 (1865). 
ee chrysogaster, Cope, Proc. Am. Philos, Sc. xi. 1871, 
p. 557. , 
Chilabothrus maculatus, Fischer, Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. v. 1888, 
p- 33, pl. iii. fig. 7. 
Rostral a little broader than deep, scarcely visible from above; a 
pair of large preefrontals, followed by smaller, more or less regular 
shields; a large frontal, in contact with the supraocular, which is 
only about half as large; two to four loreals; a large preocular, 
with one or two small shields below it; four to seven postoculars ; 
13 or 14 upper labials, sixth and seventh, seventh and eighth, or 
sixth, seventh, and eighth entering the eye; no labial pits. Scales 
in 33 to 48 rows. Ventrals 250-265 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 70— 
80. Pale olive, yellowish, or reddish above, with a dorsal series of 
large, elliptic or reniform, transverse dark brown spots edged with 
blackish, some of which may be confluent to form an undulous 
band ; a lateral series of smaller spots; a dark stripe on each side 
of the head, passing through the eye; belly yellowish, with small 
brown spots. 
Total length 740 millim. ; tail 125, 
Santo Domingo; Turk’s Merk Bahamas. 
a. 2 (Se. 37; V. 250; C. 80). 8. Domingo. 
b. 9 (Sc. 38; V. 258; C. 70).  —? (Type.) 
c. 9 (Sc. 38; V. 253; C. 74). —? Dr. A, Giinther [P.}. 
6. Epicrates gracilis. 
Chilabothrus gracilis, Fischer, Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. v. 1888, 
p. 35, pl. iii. fig. 8. 
Closely allied to the preceding, but more slender and strongly 
compressed. 11 or 12 upper labials, sixth and seventh or fifth and 
sixth entering the eye. Scales in 40 rows. Ventrals 282-289 ; 
subcaudals 100-103. Blackish grey, somewhat lighter on the 
belly ; six longitudinal series of small black spots. 
Total length 895 millim.; tail 165. 
Santo Domingo. 
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