80 SYNOPSES AND DESCRIPTIONS, 
HypsiGLENA OCHRORHYNCHA, 
Cope, 1860, Pr, Ac. N. Se, Phil., 246, 
Elongate, subeylindrical, tapering little; head distinct from the neck, 
short, subconical, crown flattened, snout prominent; tail short, near one 
sixth of the total, tapering. Eyes small, pupil vertical, Post maxillary 
teeth longer, smooth, isolated. Nasal in two parts, nostril between, A 
loreal. Oculars 2—2, Temporals 1+2+8. Labials eight, fourth and 
fifth in orbit, sixth and seventh largest. Infralabials nine or ten, fifth or 
sixth largest. Submentals two pairs, posterior smaller. Scales smooth, in 
21 rows, outer as broad as long. Ventrals 167, Anal bifid. Subcaudals 
48 pairs. 
Seales of body and head minutely punctulate with brown, giving a light 
brown or greyish appearance. With four series of alternating brown spots 
on each side, about 33 to vent. The two dorsal rows are the larger, and 
alternate or unite. The spots decrease in size down the flank; the lower 
are obsolescent. Belly light, immaculate. Head light; a brown band 
from the eye above the angle of the mouth to the neck, spreading poste- 
riorly. Cape St. Lucas; Arizona. 
