98 BOID^. 



a. S (Sc.43; V. 276;C. 76). Jamaica. P. H. Gosse, Esq. 



[P.]. 



b. Ad., stffd. Jamaica. J. Gould, Esq. [P.l. 



c. d, e. c? (Sc. 41, 41 ; V. 267, W. Indies. 

 277 ; C. 71, 79). 



/. c? (Sc. 45 ; V. 276 ; 0. 80). ? 



g-i. Yg. (Se. 41, 39, .39; V. 265, Born in the Zoological Gardens, 



264, 273 ; C. 74, ?, 60). London. 



k. Eggs. Bluefields, Ja- P. H. Gosse, Esq. 



maica. [P.]. 



5. Epicrates fordii. 



PelopHlus fordii, Gitnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 142, pi. xxiii. 



Ohilabothrus fordii, Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 87 (1865) . 



Homalocliilus chrysogaster. Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Sc. xi. 1871, 



p. 557. 

 Ohilabothrus maculatus, Fischer, Jahrh. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. v. 1888, 



p. 33, pi. iii. fig. 7. 



Rostral a little broader than deep, scarcely visible from above ; a 

 pair of large praefrontals, followed by smaller, more or less regular 

 shields ; a large frontal, in contact with the supraocular, which is 

 only about half as large ; two to four loreals ; a large prseocular, 

 with one or two small shields below it ; four to seven postoculars ; 

 13 or 14 upper labials, sixth and seventh, seventh and eighth, or 

 sixth, seventh, and eighth entering the eye ; no labial pits. Scales 

 in 33 to 43 rows. Ventrals 250-265 ; anal entire ; suboaudals 70- 

 80. Pale olive, yellowish, or reddish above, with a dorsal series of 

 large, elliptic or reniform, transverse dark brown spots edged with 

 blackish, some of which may be confluent to form an imdulous 

 band ; a lateral series of smaller spots ; a dark stripe on each side 

 of the head, passing through the eye ; belly yellowish, with small 

 brown spots. 



Total length 740 millim. ; tail 125. 



Santo Domingo ; Turk's Island, Bahamas. 



a. 2 (Sc. 37 ; V. 260 ; 0. 80). S. Domingo. 



b. 5 (Sc. 33; V. 253; C. 70). ? (Type.) 



c. 2 (Sc. 33 ; V. 253 ; 0. 74). ? Dr. A. GUnther [P.]. 



6. Epicrates gracilis. 



Ohilabothrus gracilis, Fischer, Jahrh. Samh. Wiss. Anst. v. 1888, 

 p. 35, pi. iii. fig. 8. 



Closely allied to the preceding, but more slender and strongly 

 compressed. 11 or 12 upper labials, sixth and seventh or fifth and 

 sixth entering the eye. Scales in 40 rows. Ventrals 282-289; 

 subcaudals 100-103. Blackish grey, somewhat lighter on the 

 belly ; six longitudinal series of small black spots. 



Total length 895 miUim. ; tail 165. 



Santo Domingo. 



