lOCl) ' MISS JOAN \i. rUOCTKll ON NEW AND 



This very distinct species may at once be recognized by its 

 relatively long nasal suture, large anterior temporal, and single 

 pair of prieanal pores. It does not seem to be very closely 

 related to any other species. , 



S c I N c 1 D ^, 

 22. Mabuia aurata Sclmeid. 



OPHIDIA. 



TvPHLOPIDiE. 



23. TyPIJLOPS RliTlCULATUS L. 



O L U 1» II 1 N ^E. 



24. Helicops leopaudinus Schleg. 



The British Museum has only received one specimen of this 

 rare snake since 1869. 



25. Drymobius boddaerti f. t. Sentz. 



26. Coluber couais Boie. 



27. Herpei'odryas darinatus L., var. E (flavolineatus Jan). 



28. Lbptopiiis liocerous Wied. 



29. LioPHis PCECiLOGYRUS Wied. 



30. L. reqin.e L. 



Five hgr. and yg, 



Tiiese specimens are brown on the upper surfaces, salmon-pink 

 blotched with blaclc beneath, and strikingly similar to Ithadiiuea 

 cobella in general coloration. 



DiPSADOMORPHINiE. 



31. HiMANTODES CENCHOA L. 



32. OXYRHOPUS TRIGEMINUS D. & B. 



Two males. 



The markings in this species are widely variable ; the middle 

 black band of each set of three may be much broader than the 

 outer two, and rounded like a hugh lozenge-shaped spot. The 

 paired white rings may be very narrow indeed, or equal to the 

 black ones in width. 



33. PniLOBRYAS VIRIDISSIMUS L. 



34. Oxybelis fulqidus Daud. 



35. 0. ACUMiNATUs Wied. 



36. HOMALOCRANIUM MELANOCEPHALUM L. 



