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4. Homalocranium longifrontale. (Pxare IX. fig. 3.) 
Homalocranium longifrontale, Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) xvii- 
1896, p. 17. 
Eye about half as long as the snout. Rostral broader than deep, 
just visible from above ; internasals not half as long as the pra- 
frontals ; frontal hexagonal, obtuse-angled in front, acute-angled 
behind, twice as long as broad, much longer than its distance from 
the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals; nostril between 
two nasals, the posterior widely separated from the preocular; two 
postoculars ; temporals 1+ 1; seven upper labials, third and fourth 
entering the eye; first lower labial in contact with its fellow behind 
the symphysial; four lower labials in eontact with the anterior 
chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 15 
rows. Ventrals 158; anal divided; subcaudals 85. Pale brown 
above, with five dark brown longitudinal lines; head and nape. 
black ; a yellow band across the snout; a yellow blotch on each 
side of the head behind the eye, a round yellow spot on each side 
of the vertex, between the supraocular and the parietal, another 
pair on the back of the head between the parietal and the second 
temporal, and a yellow dot on each parietal near the median suture; 
the black of the nape bordered with yellow behind; a series of 
blackish dots along the outer row of scales; lower parts white. 
Total length 280 millim. ; tail 83. 
Colombia. 
a. g (V. 158; C, 85). Cali, 3200 feet. Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg 
: [C.]. (Type-) 
5. Homalocranium coronatum. 
Tantilla coronata, Baird z ae Cat. N. Am. Rept. p. 181 (1853), 
and Rep. U.S. Explor. R ripe iii. pl. xxxiii. 96 (1859) ; 
Garm. N. Am. Rept. p , 88 (1 ); Cope, Proe. ro Nat. Mus. 
xiv. a p. 598; Tsdnnhan Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvii, 1894, 
4 hax eee wagneri, Jan, Arch, Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, 
p. 51, and Icon. Gén. 15, pl. ii. fig. 3 (1866). 
Homalocranium melanocephalum, part., Jan, J. c. p. 51. 
Eye not half as long as the snout. Rostral broader than deep, 
visible from above; frontal longer than broad, hexagonal, shorter 
then the parietals; nostril between two nasals, the posterior in 
contact with the preocular; two postoculars; temporals 1+1; 
seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; first lower 
labial in contact with its fellow behind the symphysial ; anterior 
chin-shields longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 
138-158; anal divided; subcaudals 40-58. Uniform reddish 
brown above ; head deep chestnut-brown, with a yellowish cross- 
bar on the occiput, edged with black behind ; lower parts whitish. 
Total length 220 millim. ; tail 35. 
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi. 
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