SYNOPSES AND DESCRIPTIONS 57 
Smooth, commonly in 17 or 19 rows, rarely reaching 15 or 23. Common 
in the West Indies and South America to Mexico. One species found on 
the southeastern coast of the United States. 
A loreal; 
seales in 17 rows; labials seven; 
ventrals about 163; a band on three vertebral series 
laureatus. 
ventrals about 126; dorsal band on eleven series 
Jlavilatus. 
scales in 17 to 19 series; 
labials nine margaritiferus. 
No loreal ;, 
scales in 19 series; 
labials eight putnam. 
DRoMICUS LAUREATUS. 
Giinther, 1868, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 419. 
Body and tail moderately slender; form of the head as in Coronella 
laevis. Kye of moderate size. Maxillary teeth smooth, becoming longer, 
stronger and further apart backward. Internasals scarcely half as large 
as prefrontals. Frontal longer than the snout. Parietals longer than the 
frontal. Rostral not extending to the upper surface of the head. Loreal 
square. One preocular reaching to the upper surface of the head, but not 
touching the frontal. Postoculars two. | Labials seven, third and fourth in 
orbit. Temporals 1+2+3, the anterior touching both oculars. Submen- 
tals two pairs, nearly equal. Scales smooth, in 17 rows, many with a 
small apical groove. Ventrals 163. Anal bifid. Subcaudals 95 pairs. 
A lead-colored band three scales broad from the nape along the median 
line of the back to the end of the tail. Flanks reddish, with a very indis- 
tinct greyish streak along the fourth outer series of scales. Two yellow 
lines across the rostral; the lower runs along the upper labials and across 
the neck, thus entirely encircling the head; the upper runs along the 
canthus rostralis, and stops or terminates in the temporal region. Lower 
parts uniform yellowish. Length 21 inches; tail 7 inches. City of Mexico. 
