152. lEPIODIEA. 



97 



K. 6 (Sc. 21; V. 186; Berbice. 



C. 93). 

 X. Hgr. (Sc. 21; V. 190; Pemambuco. 



C. 95). 

 u.. Tg. (So. 21; V. 196; Para. 



0. 89). 

 V. Hgr. (Sc. 21 ; V. 176 ; Asuncion,Paraguay. 



0.72). 

 *. Hgr. (Sc.23; V.203; ? 



C. 82). 

 o. Skull. Mexico. 



J. P. G. Smith, Esa. 



[PJ. 

 R. Graham, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Dr. J. Bohls [0.]. 



Haslar Collection. 



9. Leptodira auuulata. 



Coluber annulatus, Linn. Mm. Ad. Frid. p. 34, pi. viii. fig. 2 (1764), 



and 8. N. i. p. 386 (1766) ; Baud. Rept. vi. p. 369 (1803). 

 Dipsas amiulata, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 294 (1837). 



aanulata, var. A, Dum. ^ Bibr. vii. p. 1141 (1854). 



Leptodeira annulata, part., Gunth. Cat. p. 166 (1868). 

 _Sibon armulata, part., Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 266. 

 EteiroSTipsas annuiata, Jan, Elenco, p. 105 (1863). 

 Dipsas approximans, Ounth. Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. (4) ix. 1872, p. 32. 

 Eteirodipsas -wieneri, Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) viii. 1884^ 

 p. 146*. 



Eostral once and a half to once and two thirds as broad as deep,^ 

 scarcely visible from above; internasals shorter than the prse- 

 frontals ; frontal once and a half to once and two thirds as long as 

 broad, as long as or a little longer than its distance from the end 

 of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep or a, 

 little deeper than long ; one praeocular, in contact with or narrowly 

 separated from the frontal, rarely with a very small subocular below 

 it; two (rarely three) posfcoculars ; temporals 1+2; eight (rarely 

 seven) upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth (rarely third and fourth 

 or fourth and fifth only) entering the eye ; five or six lower labials 

 in contact wich the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or a 

 little longer than the posterior. Scales in 19 (exceptionally 17 

 [spec, ri] or 21 [spec, hj) rows, the vertebrals sometimes slightly 

 enlarged. Yentrals 175-196 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 78-107. 

 Yellowish or brown above, with a dorsal series of large dark brown 

 or blackish spots often confluent into an undulous or zigzag band ; 

 lateral spots usually small or absent ; a dark streak behind the eye i 

 occipital region whitish in the young ; lower parts white! 



Total length 730 miUim. ; taU 175. 



Tropical South America. 



a-b. d (V. 183, 182; 0.?, 



95). 

 c-d. $ (V. 193, 178; 0.80, 



?). 



Rio de Cucuta, 



Oolombia. 

 Chyavetas, N.E. 



Peru. 



Mr. 0. Webber 



[OJ. 

 Mr. E. Bartlett 



[0.]. (Types of 

 S. approximans.} 



* I am indebted to M. Bocourt for notes on the type apecimen. 

 vol.. HI, H 



