12. UNSALIA. 113 



/. 2 (Sc. 25 ; V. 171 ; Spanish Town, Jamaica. 

 C. 29). ' > f ' 



ff,^,i,h. $ (Sc. 27,29; ? 



V. 189, 192; 0. 35, 

 32) & yg. (Sc. 26, 

 25; V. 194, 195; 

 C. 34, 36). 



5. Ungalia pardalis. 



Boa pardalis, part., Oundlach, Arch. f. Nat 1840, p. 359. 

 Tropidophis maculatus, part., Bum. 8f Bihr. vi. p. 494 (1844). 

 Ungalia maoulata, part.. Gray, Cat. p. 104 (1849). 



maculata. Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 129. 



Ungualia curta, Oarm. Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xxiv. 1887, p. 279. 



Head distinct from neck. Rostral a little broader than deep, 

 just visible from above ; frontal longer than broad, as long as its 

 distance from the end of the snout ; parietals short ; one prse- and 

 three postooulars ; ten upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the 

 eye. Scales perfectly smooth, in 23 or 25 rows. Ventrals 142-155 ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 24-30. Pale brown above, with six longi- 

 tudinal series of alternating dark brown spots, the two dorsal series 

 largest and close together ; a dark patch on the crown, a cross bar 

 on the snout, and a dark streak on each side of the head, passing 

 through the eye ; lower parts yellowish, spotted with dark brown. 



Total length 250 millim. ; tail 30. 



Cuba. 



a. ? (Sc. 23 ; V. 156 ; 0. 30). Cuba. P. B. "Webb, Esq. [P.]. 



6. Ungalia semiciucta. 



Ungalia (Lionotus) maculata, var. aemicincta, Chmdl. ^ Peters, Man. 



Berl. Ac. 1864, p. 388. 

 semicincta, Gundl. Mepert. fis. Cuba, ii. 1868, p. 115 ; Cope, 



Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 130 ; Oundl. Erp. Cub. p. 70 (1880). 



Like U. maculata, but scales in 21 or 23 rows. Ventrals 202- 

 205. A single series of large black spots on each side of the body ; 

 these spots often confluent and forming cross bands. 



Cuba. 



7. Ungalia conjuncta. 



Tropidophis conjunctus, Fischer, Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. v. 1888, 

 p. 31, pi. iii. fig. 6. 



Head distinct from neck. Eostral just visible from above ; a 

 single pair of prsefrontals ; frontal longer than broad, longer than 

 its distance from the end of the snout; parietals short; one prse- 

 and three postoculars ; ten upper labials, fourth and fifth entering 

 the eye. Scales in 25 rows, perfectly smooth, of vertebral row 

 enlarged and hexagonal. Ventrals 188 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 

 40. Greyish brown above, with six longitudinal rows of black 



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