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1. Ungalia taczanowskyi. 
Ungalia taczanowskyi, Steindachn. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, \xxx. 1880, 
p- 522, pl. —. 
Head slightly distinct from neck. ostral a little broader than 
deep, just visible from above; frontal longer than broad, longer > 
than its distance from the end of the snout or than the parietals ; 
one or two pre- and two postoculars ; eight or nine upper labials, 
fourth and fifth entering the eye. Scales keeled, three outer rows a. 
smooth, in 23 rows. Ventrals 149-160; anal entire; subcaudals 
25. Brown above, with darker longitudinal streaks or series of 
spots; a series of large black spots and yellowish dots on each side ; 
sides of belly black ; ventrals black and yellow. 
Total length 345 millim.; tail 40. 
Ecuador and Peru. 
a. 2 (V. 149; C. 25). Guayaquil. 
2. Ungalia moreletii. 
Se ocTT ia moreletii, Bocourt, Bull. .Soc. Philom. (2) ix. 1885, 
p- ll 
Ungalia moreletii, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. pl. xlii. fig. 5 
(186). , pea I 
Head slightly distinct from neck. Rostral slightly broader than 
deep, visible from above ; frontal a little longer than broad, as long 
as its distance from the end of the snout; parietals short; one 
pre-and two postoculars ; ten upper labials, fourth and fifth entering 
the eye. Scales tectiform, in 25 rows. Ventrals 208; anal entire ; 
subcaudals 34. Pale brown above, with two longitudinal series of 
: large blackish spots edged with yellowish; a single series of 
spots on the tail; lower parts yellowish white, with a few small 
ish-brown spots on the sides. 
Total length 442 millim. ; tail 45. 
Vera Paz, Guatemala. 
3. Ungalia melanura. 
Boa melanura, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 399 (1837), and Abbdild. 
pl. xxvi. (1844). 
Ungalia melanura, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 46 (1842), and Cat. p. 104 
*1 dl Ba og Proe, Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 129; Gundl. Erp. Cub. 
Pp. ). 
Tropidophis melanurus, Bibr. in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba. K 
P'208, pl xxii, (1848) ; Dum. § Bir. vic py 401 (1844) ; wen, 
con. Gén, p. 75, 1. 5, pl. 1. fig. 1 (1864). 
Notophis bicarinatus, Hallow. Proc, Ac. Philad. 1856, p, 156. 
Head distinct from neck. Rostral broader than deep, just visible 
from above ; frontal longer than broad, as long as its distance from 
the end of the snout; parietals short; one pre- and three post- 
oculars ; ten upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye. Scales 
in 27 or 29 rows, feebly keeled, four or five outer rows smooth. 
