462 M. G, A. Boulenger on BejAiles 



19. HerpetoJryas hninneus, Gtlir. 

 Guayaquil, One specimen. 



20. Oxyrhopus dcelia (Daud.). 



Haciencla of Palmira, Nanegal. One s])ecimen, with only 

 seventeen rows of scales, and without loreal shield. 



21. 0j'i/rli02>ns 2^(^i(i^i<^i>'iiis (L.). 

 Guayaquil. One specimen. 



22. Hiinantodes cenchoa (L.). 

 Guayaquil, One specimen. 



23. Elaps marcgravi^ Wied, var. oncolaris, Jan. 

 Nanegal. One specimen, 



24. Elcq)s lemniscatus (L.) . 



Guayaquil. One specimen. 



25. Leptognathus nehalatus (L.). 



Ibarra (7300 feet). One half-grown specimen, which was 

 brought in to Mr, Whymper alive, 



26. Bothrojys atrox (L.). 



Two young specimens from Nanegal, and another from 

 Mindo, W. of Quito (4150 feet). 



27. Botlirops Schlegeli (Berthold). 



Two adult specimens from Bologna, and two young from 

 S. Domingo de los Colorados. 



I do not think that Lachesis nitidiis^ Gthr. (1859), is speci- 

 fically different from Trigonoceplialus ScJilegeliy Berthold. 



BATRACHIA, 



ECAUDATA. 



28. Prostherapis Whymperi^ sp. n. 



Snout depressed, projecting, truncate, with angular canthus 

 rostralis ; loreal region nearly vertical ; nostril nearer the tip 

 of the snout than the eye ; the greatest diameter of the orbit 

 equals the length of the snout ; interorbital space broader than 

 the upper eyelid ; tympanum perfectly distinct, two thirds the 

 breadth of the eye. First and second fingers equal ; toes 



