188. APOSTOLEPIS. 235 | 
divided: subcaudals 27. Red above, yellow beneath; head black 
above, with a yellow spot on each prefrontal and a pair on each 
side of the upper lip behind the eye; a yellow, black-edged nuchal 
collar ; end of tail black, the terminal shield white. 
Total length 500 millim. ; tail 40. 
Goyaz, Brazil. 
4. Apostolepis nigrolineata. 
Elapomorphus nigrolineatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1869, p. 439; 
Strauch, Bull. Ac. St. Pétersb. xxix. 1884, p. &85. 
Agrees with A. flavitorquata, except in the smaller rostral shield 
and the undivided anal. Ventrals 260; subcaudals 26. Brownish 
yellow above, with five black longitudinal lines, the outer broadest 
and on the fourth and fifth rows of scales; snout brownish yellow, 
rest of head black; a yellow spot on the third and fourth upper 
labials; end of tail black, except the terminal shield, which is 
whitish ; lower parts dirty yellow. 
Total length 375 millim. ; tail 27. 
Habitat unknown. 
5. Apostolepis quinguelineata. (Prats X. fig. 1.) 
Snout scarcely projecting; eye minute. Rostral broader than 
deep, just visible from above; frontal a little longer than broad, 
as long as its distance from the end of the snout, half as long 
as the parietals; nasal in contact with the preocular; a single 
postocular; six upper labials, second and third entering the eye, 
fourth, fifth, and sixth in contact with the parietal; five lower 
labials in contact with the chin-shields, which are subequal in length, 
first in contact with its fellow behind the symphysial, fifth largest. 
Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 213; anal divided; subcaudals 28, 
Pale reddish above, with five dark brown longitudinal lines, the 
outer broadest and on the second, third, and fourth rows of scales ; 
head dark brown, with a large yellowish blotch on the forehead 
and a small round yellowish spot below the eye; whitish beneath. 
Total length 165 millim.; tail 13. 
British Guiana. 
a, Hgr. 3 (V. 218; C. 28). Demerara. J. Quelch, Esq. [ P.}. 
6. Apostolepis nigroterminata. (Pxiatx X. fig. 2.) 
Snout scarcely projecting; eye minute. Rostral a little broader 
than deep, just visible from above; frontal longer than broad, 
longer than its distance from the end of the snout, much 
shorter than the parietals; nasal in contact with the pre- 
ocular; a single postocular; six upper labials, second and third 
entering the eye, fifth and sixth in contact with the parietal ; 
symphysial in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 
longer than the posterior; five lower labials in contact with the 
