nduras. , j ,' - ),, i 



'7 1« ,., I I 



214 COLtTBEIDJ!. 



q. ? (V. 156 ; C. r). Jalapa. F. D. Godman, Esq. 



/•. S (V. 157 ; 0. 97). Jalapa. 



s. Hgr. (V. 157; C. 100). Jalapa. Mr. Hoege [C.]. 



t-u. S (V. 153 ; C. 98) & Cozumel Id., Yuc- Mr. Gaumer [C.]. 



$ (V. 151; 0.?). atan. 



v-w. 2 (V. 145; 0. ?) & Belize. J. Smith, Esq. [P.]. 



Yg. (V. 144 ; C. 87). 



X. ■ 9 (V. 147 ; 0. 93). . Honduras. 



^ fl^^- " 8. Tropidonotus multimaculatus. 



I Atomarolius multimaculatus, Cope, Am. Nat. 1883, p. 1300. 



Eutasnia multimaculata, Cope, Proc. Am. PMlos. Soc. xxiii. 1886, 

 p. 284. 



Snout long and compressed. Eostral broader tian deep ; inter- 

 nasals longer than broad ; frontal nari'ow, with concave sides, the 

 anterior angles touching the superior prseoculars ; loreal longer than 

 deep ; two or three prse- and three postoculars ; temporals 1 + 3; upper 

 labials eight, low and rather long, fourth entering the e5'e. Scales 

 in 21 rows, aU keeled except the outer row. Anal entire. Ashy 

 grey or brown above, uniform or with six or seven longitudinal 

 series of dark brown or rusty spots, or dark brown ocelli with rusty 

 orange centres ; the spots of the median two or three rows some- 

 times united, forming short cross bars; yellowish inferiorlj, the 

 shields with dark edges. 



Total length 708 millim. ; tail 171. 



New Mexico and Chihuahua, North Mexico. 



9. Tropidonotus rufopunotatus. 



Chilopoma rufopunotatum, Cope, Wheeler's Pep. U.8. Explor. Surv^ 



W. lOOrt Mer. v. p. 644, pi. xx. fi^. 1 (1875). 

 Tropidonotus rufipunctatus, Gr:rm._N. Am. Pept. p. 23 (1883). 

 Eutsenia rufopunotata. Cope, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 666. 



Eye large. Eostral large, obtuse, with prominent lateral and 

 posterior borders ; nasal single, long and rather narrow ; loreal 

 elongate : one pr£B-and three postoculars ; temporals 1 + 3 ; frontal 

 large, with concave sides, in contact with the praeocular ; eight 

 upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye. Scales in 21 rows, 

 all except the first and second on each side strongly keeled. 

 Ventrals 177; anal entire; subcaudals 87. Light brown above, 

 the anterior half of the body with six rows of small, alternating 

 bright rufous or orange spots ; lower surfaces pale brownish grey-. 



Total length 257 millim. ; tail 62. 



Southern Arizona. 



10. Tropidonotus pealii. 



Hi, If. L. Sclater, Journ. A. 

 ig. 4. 



Eye moderate. Eostral just visible from above ; internasals 



Tropidonotus pealii, If. L. Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Bevg. Ix. 1891, 

 p. 241, pi. vi. fig. 4. 



