TWO NEW COLOMBIAN KEPTILES. 661 



divided ; subcaudals 149. Reddish brown above, anterior two- 

 thirds of body with darker lines on the borders of the scales, 

 forming faint cross-bands terminating in a spot on the outer 

 series of scales ; a series of irregular yellow spots or streaks along 

 the vertebral line ; posterior part of body and tail uniform brown 

 with darker edges to the scales ; a round blackish spot on each 

 parietal shield ; a short black streak behind the eye above the 

 lip v/hich is white, some of the shields finely black-edged ; belly 

 white in front, brownish behind ; a dark streak along the tail at 

 the junction of the subcaudal shields. 



Total length 490 mm. ; tail 190. 



A single young specimen, also from Anda Goya. 



Closely allied to H.fuscus L. Distinguished by the number of 

 temporals (2-f 2 instead of 1 + 1), the greater extent to which 

 the fourth uj^per labial borders the eye, the divided anal, and 

 the more numerous subcaudals. 



