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Pseudorhabdium mcnamarae sp. nov. 



Type. — No. 196, E. H. T. collection. Canlaon Volcano, Occi- 

 dental Negros, P. I., December 24, 1915 ; elevation about 900 

 meters. E. H. Taylor, collector. 



Description of type. — Rostral small, about as wide as high, 

 a large part visible from above ; internasals moderate, five-sided, 

 sutures with nasal and prefrontal equal; forms its shortest 

 suture with the loreal; prefrontals nearly three times as large 

 as internasals, entering eye, touching frontal, loreal, internasal, 

 and supra-ocular ; longest suture with loreal, shortest with supra- 

 ocular ; frontal hexagonal, a little wider than long, sides touching 

 supra-oculars shortest, parietal sides longest; parietals at least 

 twice as long as wide, six-sided, in contact with fifth labial ; nasal 

 rectangular, much elongate, with nostril pierced near anterior 

 edge close by the rostral; behind this a very much enlarged, 



/TV, 



a ■ ■ c . 



Fig. 2. Pseudorhabdium mcnamarse sp. nov., head ; a, top ; 6, side ; c, underside. 



elongate, coffin-shaped loreal, in contact with second and third 

 labials, entering eye; supra-ocular extending over only posterior 

 part of eye and somewhat behind; postocular fused with supra- 

 ocular; no anterior temporals; a single large posterior temporal 

 lies behind fifth labial, bordering on the parietal; five upper 

 labials, fifth largest, in the following order of size: 5, 3, 4, 2, 

 1; third and fourth enter eye; lower labials five; mental small, 

 in contact with anterior chin shields, separating first labials; 

 three labials touch anterior chin shield; second pair of chin 

 shields slightly smaller; anal undivided; ventrals, 140; sub- 

 caudals, 22 ; eye very small ; scales smooth, in 15 rows. 



Color in life. — Above very shiny, more or less iridescent, dark 

 blackish brown to bluish brown; about the neck is a more or 

 less distinct yellow collar (dim or almost wanting in adults) 



