ao COLUBRID. 
6. Himantodes inornatus. (Prare V. fig. 1.) 
Neck extremely slender, one third as wide as the head. Rostral 
small, broader than deep, scarcely visible from above ; internasals 
much shorter than the preefrontals ; frontal twice to twice and one 
third as long as broad, longer than its distance from the end of the 
snout, slightly shorter than the parietals; loreal as long as deep ; 
one preocular; two postoculars; temporals 1+2; eight upper 
labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; four or five lower 
labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are a little 
shorter than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows, vertebrals not 
enlarged. Ventrals 206; anal divided; subcaudals 112. Pale 
brown above, with blackish dots and faint traces of black cross- 
bars; a black line along the occiput; whitish beneath, finely 
speckled with blackish and with a blackish median line. 
Total length 820 millim. ; tail 230. 
Nicaragua, 
a-b. 2 (V. 206; C. Hacienda Rosade Jeri- Dr, E. Rothschuh 
rer head & neck cho, 3250 ft. [C.]. 
0 t. 
7. Himantodes (?) subequalis. 
ag bya Soo Fischer, Arch. f. Nat. 1880, p. 224, pl. ix. figs. 
Neck extremely slender, one third as wide as the head. Rostral 
small, a little broader than deep, scarcely visible from above; 
internasals much shorter than the prefrontals; frontal a little 
longer than broad, longer than its distance from the end of the 
snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep ; two pre- 
and two postoculars; temporals 1+4+1; eight upper labials, third, 
fourth, and fifth entering the eye; five lower labials in contact 
with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as the posterior. 
Scales in 17 rows, vertebrals scarcely enlarged. Ventrals 226; 
anal entire; subcaudals 105, Uniform bluish green above, lighter 
beneath.. 
Total length 1050 millim.; tail 250. 
Habitat unknown, 
152. LEPTODIRA. 
Sibon, ee . NV. Class. ee pp. 29, 81 (1826) 
Corone i Phys. ii, p. 50 (1887). 
Dipeas P 2 Bebleg. c. p. 857 ; lum. § Bibr. Ee Gén. vii, p. 1188 
Heterurus, part., Dum. § Bibr. t. ¢. P. 1168. 
Leptodeira, Giinth, hg Col. Sn 1800, 65 ACs 
Sibon, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad, 1 Rare 
Eteirodipsas, part., ~~ Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 105 (1863). 
Crotaphopeltis, Jan, 1. c 
