96 



BOIB^. 



B. Markings very indistinct or absent. (Oliftia fusca, Gray; 

 B. maurus, Gray ; B. cupreus, Fisch.) 



■v. Hgr., stff'd. ? (Type of Cliftia fusca.) 



w. <S (Sc. 51 ; V. 238 ; C. 55). Venezuela. (Type of E. maurus.) 



X. <S (Sc. 47 ; V. 233 ; 0. 58). Venezuela. 



2. Epicrates angulifer. 



Epicrates angulifer, Bibr. in M. de la 8agra, Hist. Cuba, Sept. p. 215, 

 pi. XXV. (1843) ; Btcm. Sf Bibr. vi. p. 560 (1844) ; Jan, Icon. G6n. 

 p. 89, 1. 6, pi. vi. (1864) ; Gundl. Erp. Cub. p. 70 (1880). 



Boa, sp., Gundl. Arch.f. Nat. 1840, p. 361. 



Head with more or less regular shields above, the largest being a 

 pair of prsefrontals, a pair of frontals (which may be broken up), 

 and, on each side, a supraocular ; a large, elongate loreal, sometimes 

 divided into two, separated from the labials by a series of small 

 shields ; a large prsBocular, and a series of 6 small shields below 

 and behind the eye, which is entirely separated from the labials ; 

 13 or 14 upper labials, with very feeble pits. Scales in 51 to 65 

 rows. Ventrals 276-290 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 50-79. Pale 

 brown above, with a dorsal series of rhomboidal dark spots, and 

 dark brown reticulated lines on the sides ; a lateral series of dark 

 brown ocelli with yellowish centres ; yellowish beneath. 



Total length 2170 millim. ; tail 195. 



Cuba. 



3. Epicrates striatus. 



Epicrates angulifer (yion Bibr.), Gray, Cat. p. 94 (1849). (Specimens 



only.) 

 Homalochilus striatus, Fischer, Abh. naturw. Ver. Hamb. iii. 1856, 



p. 102, pi. ii. fig. 2 ; Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 86, 1. 6, pi. iv. (1864) ; 



Steind. Novara, Rept. p. 67 (1867). 



multiaectus. Cope, Froc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 70. 



■ strigilatus, Cope, I. c. p. 71, and Froc. Am. Fhilos. Soc. xi. 



1871, p. 558. 

 Epicrates versicolor, Steind. DenhscTir. Ah. Wien, xxii. 1863, p. 89, 



pi.—. 

 stnatus, Steind. I. c. p. 93. 



Rostral slightly broader than deep, visible from above ; enlarged 

 shields on the top of the head ; a pair of prsefrontals, a pair of 

 frontals sometimes fused, sometimes broken up, and, on each side, a 

 supraocular, which may be divided into two or three shields ; a 

 large elongate loreal, sometimes divided into two ; a large pra3- 

 ooular, with a subocular below it ; one or two scales in front of the 

 suboeular ; four or five postoculars ; 14 or 15 upper labials, without 

 or with very feeble impressions, seventh and eighth, eighth and 

 ninth, or ninth, entering the eye ; posterior lower labials with 

 shallow impressions. Scales in 51 to 63 rows. Ventrals 271-302 ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 64-88. Pale brown above, with dark 

 olive-brown spots separated by narrow interspaces, or brown with 



