88 COLITBEID^. 



6. Himantodes inornatus. (Plate V. fig. 1.) 



'Nedk extremely slender, one third as wide as the head. Eostral 

 small, broader than deep, scarcely visible from above ; internasaJs 

 much shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal twice to twice and one 

 third as long as broad, longer than its distance from the end of the 

 snout, slightly shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep ; 

 one proBocular; two postoculars; temporals 1+2; eight upper 

 labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye : four or five lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shieldS, which are a little 

 shorter than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows, vertebrals not 

 enlarged. Ventrals 206 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 112. Pale 

 brown above, with blackish dots and faint traces of black cross- 

 bars ; a black line along the occiput ; whitish beneath, finely 

 speckled with blackish and with a blackish median line. 



Total length 820 mUlim. ; taU 230. 



Nicaragua. 



a-b. $ (V. 206; C. Hacienda Rosa de Jeri- Dr. E. Rothschuh 

 112)|and head & neck cho, 3250 ft. [0.]. 



of adult. 



7. Himantodes (?) subaaqualis. 



Dipsas subsequalis, Fischer, Arch. f. Nat. 1880, p. 224, pi. ix. figs, 

 18-21. 



Neck extremely slender, one third as wide as the head. Eostral 

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

 internasals much shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal a little 

 longer than broad, longer than its distance from the end of the 

 snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep ; two prse- 

 and two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1 ; eight upper labials, third, 

 fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact 

 with' the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as the posterior. 

 Scales in 17 rows, vertebrals scarcely enlarged. Ventrals 226 ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 105. Uniform bluish green above, lighter 

 beneati. 



Total length 1050 millim. ; tail 250. 



Habitat unknown. 



152. LEPTODIRA. 



Sibon, part., Fitzing. N. Class. Rept. pp. 29, 31 (1826) 



Coronella, part., Schkg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 50 (1837). 



Dipsas, part., Schleg. I. c. p. 357 ; Bum. 8r Bibr. Erp. G4n. vii. p. 1133 



(1854). 

 Heterurus, part., Bum. ^ Bibr. t. c. p. 1168. 

 Leptodeira, Qiinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 165 (1858). 

 Sibon, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 266. 

 ' Eteirodipsas, part., Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 106 (1863). 

 Crotaphopeltis, Jan, I. c. 



