8. EPIOEAIES. 97 



yellowish undulous or zigzag cross bands, which may be edged with 

 blackish ; usually a more or less distinct dark streak on each side 

 of the head behind the eye ; lower parts yellowish or pale olive, 

 more or less spotted with brown or black. 



Total length 1500 millim. ; tail 250. 



Santo Domingo ; New Providence Id., Bahamas. 



"' n §n ^^°- °^' ^^ ' ^- ^^^> 290 ; S. Domingo. Zoological Society. 



0. 82, 81). 



c. Yg. (Sc. 57 ; V. 281 ; 0. 82). S. Domingo. 



' n ? So."- *^^' ^^ ' ^- ^^' 283 ; ? Zoological Society. 



O. r, 88). 



/. d (Sc. 51 ; V. 271 ; C. 79). P Haslar Hospital. 



The following specimens, born in the Zoological Gardens, London, 

 have been stated to be hybrids between Epicrates angulifer and 

 Ohilalothrus inornatus (ScJater, Proc. Zooi. Soe. 1878, p. 789). 

 But as they do not differ from E. striatus, and as I entertain 

 doubts concerning the correct determination of the parents (which 

 I have not been able to trace), I feel justified in referring them to 

 this species. 



g-h, i, k, I. Hgr. & yg. (Sc. 55, 55, Bred in London. Zooloaical Society. 

 55, 53, 51 ; V. 278, 282, 285 

 285,278; 0. 66, 64, 66, .?, 66). 



4. Epicrates inornatus. 



Boa inornata, Meinh. JDansk. Vid. Selsh. x. 1843, p. 253, pi. i. 



figs. 21-23. 

 Chilabothrus inornatus, Bum. ^ Bihr. vi. p. 563 (1844) ; Gray, Cat. 



p. 103 (1849) ; Jan, Icon. Ghi. p. 87, 1. 6, pi. v. (1864) ; Garm. m 



Am. Rept. p. 133 (1883) ; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Me.v., Eept. p. 524, 



pi. xxxi. %. 2 (1882). 

 Piesigaster boettgeri, Seoane, Abh. Senck. Ges. xii. 1880, p. 217, 

 pi. — . 



Eostral slightly broader than deep, visible from above ; two 

 pairs of preefrontals, posterior sometimes broken up into small 

 irregular shields ; a large frontal, in contact with, and not or but 

 slightly larger than, the supraoculars ; a pair of small parietals, in 

 contact with the frontal and supraoculars ; a large, elongate loreal ; 

 a large praeocular, usually with a small shield below it; two to four 

 postoculars; eleven or twelve upper labials, one, two, or three 

 (fifth to seventh) entering the eye ; no labial pits. Scales in 39 to 

 45 rows. Ventrals 261-286; anal entire; suboaudals 60-80. 

 Yellow or pale olive anteriorly, frequently blackish brown posteriorly ; 

 more or less distinct spots or cross bars on the body ; sometimes a 

 pair of dark streaks along the neck ; an ill-defined dark streak may 

 be present behind the eye. 



Total length 1500 miUim. ; tail 250. 



Jamaica, Santo Domingo, Porto Rico. 



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