102 



BOIBiB. 



yellow lines and marblings ; lower parts yellowisli, more or less 

 profusely spotted with brown. 



Total length 1800 millim. ; tail 320. 



Guianas, Northern Brazil, Ecuador, Northern Peru. 



a-b. c? (Sc. 55 ; V. 289 ; 

 0. 116) & hgr. (So. 

 51; V. 283; C. 118). 



c. $ (Sc. 53 ; V. 285 

 0. 126). 



d. 5 (Sc. 57 ; V. 278 

 0. 124). 



e. Yg. (So. 59 ; V. 291 

 C. 120). 



/. c? (So. 55; V. 270 



C. 121). 

 g. 2 (Sc. 57-, V. 280 



C. 109). 

 h. $ (Sc. 55 ; V. 287 



C. 118). 

 i. Yg. (Sc. 65; V. 277 



C. 112). 



British Guiana. 



Berbice. 



Surinam. 



Guiana. 



Bahia. 



Upper Amazon. 



Demerara Mus. 



Lady Essex [P.]. 

 (Type of C. maculatus.) 

 Hr. Kappler [0.]. 



Dr. Wucherer [0.]. 

 Mr. Bartlett [C.]. 



Yurimaguas, Huallaga Dr. Hahnel [0.]. 



Eiver, N.E.Peru. 

 Moyobamba, N.E. Mr. A. H. Eoff [0.]. 



Peru. 



3. Corallus annulatus. 



Xiphosoma annulatum, Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. viii. 1876, p. 129, 

 pi. xxviii. fig. 6 ; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Me.r., Sept. p. 526, pi. xxxi. 

 fig. 4 (1882). 



Eostral deeper than broad ; two small shields behind the rostral, 

 separating the nasals ; no enlarged supraoculars ; 12 scales from eye 

 to eye, across the forehead ; three loreals and a praeocular ; 14 

 upper labials, all pitted ; anterior lower labials not pitted. Scales 

 in 54 rows. Ventrals 260 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 82. Ash- 

 coloured, with darker oval figures on each side ; head and lower 

 surfaces uniform. 



Total length 755 millim. ; tail 132. 



Costa Kica. 



4. Corallus caninus. 



Seha, Thes. ii. pis. xxxiv. figs. 1 & 2, & Ixxxi. & xcvi. fig. 2 (1835). 



Boas caninus, Linn. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 39, pi. iii. (1754). 



Boa canina, Linn. S. N. i. p. 873 (1766) ; ScJmeid. Hist. Amph. ii. 

 p. 242 (1801) ; Baud. Mept. v. p. 214 (1803) ; Schneid. Benkschr. 

 Ah. Miinch. vii. 1821, p. 112 ; Guer. Icon. S. A., Sept. pi. xix. fig. 2 

 (1880) ; ScMeg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 388, pi. xiv. figs. 8 & 9 (1837). 



thalassina, Law. Syn. Sept. p. 89 (1768). 



aurantiaca, Laur. I. c. 



exigua, Lam: I. c. 



hypnale, Schneid. Amph. ii. p. 243. 



Draco caninua, Oken, Lehrb. Naturg. iii. p. 276 (1816). 



Xiphosoma araramhoya, Wagl. in. Spix, Serp. Bras. p. 46, pi xvi. 

 (1824). ^ 



caninum, Fitzing. N. Class. Sept. p. 54 (1826) ; Bum. ^ Bilr. 



vi. p. 540 (1844) ; Gray, Cat. p. 96 (1849) ; Sclater, Zool. Sketches 

 pi. 1. (1861) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 91, 1. 7, pL ii. (1864). 



Chrysenis batesii, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 132, pi. xxiv. 



