12C^ COLTJBRIDiE. 



159. MANOLEPIS. 

 Manolepis, Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. 800. xxii. 1885, p. 176. 



Maxillary teeth 15, small, equal, followed, after an interspace, by 

 a pair of enlarged grooved fangs situated behind the vertical of the 

 eye; anterior mandibular teeth much longer than the posterioi'. 

 Head distinct from neck ; eye large, with vertically subeUiptio 

 pupil ; nasal single ; frontal narrow. Body cylindrical ; scales 

 smooth, without pits, in 19 rows ; ventrals rounded. Tail moderate ; 

 subcaudals in two rows. 



Mexico. 



1. Manolepis putnami. 



Dromicus putnami, Jan, Elenco, p. 67 (1863), and Icon. G(n. 24, 

 pi. vi. fig. 3 (1867) ; Qarm. N.Am. JRept. pp. 59, 163 (1883). 



Tomodon nasutus, Cfape, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1864, p. 166 ; Bocouri, 

 Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 641 (1886). 



Manolepis nasutus. Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soo. xxii. 1885, p. 176. 



Dromicus (Oeyophis) putnami, Bocourt, op. cii. p. 714, pi. 1. flg. 3 

 (1890). 



Philodryas putnami, Giinth. Biol. C.-Am., Mept. p. 166 (1895). 



Eye about two thirds the length of the snout, which is truncate 

 and rather prominent. Eostral much broader than deep, scarcely 

 visible from above ; internasals shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal 

 twice to twice and a half as long as broad, longer than its distance 

 from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal elongate 

 or absent (fused with the praefrontal) ; one prseocular, extending 

 to the upper surface of the head but not reaching the frontal ; two 

 postoculars; temporals 1 + 2 ; eight upper labials, third, fourth, and 

 fifth entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which are a little shorter than the posterior. Scales 

 in 19 rows. Ventrals 171-186 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 69-83. 

 Yellowish or pale brownish above, with a brown, darker-edged 

 vertebral stripe three scales wide ; head speckled with blackish, more 

 closely on the lip ; lower parts whitish, speckled with brown. 



Total length 550 millim. ; tail 140. — The young specimen in the 

 Collection measures 265 millim. ; tail 63. 



Mexico. 



a. Tg. (V. 176 ; 0. La Oumbre de I03 Arrastrados, Dr. A. 0. BuUer 

 83). Jalisco, 8500 feet. [0.]. 



160. TOMODON. 



Tomodon, part., Bum. Sf Bibr. Mem. Ac. Sc. xxiii. 1853, p. 495, and 

 JErp. Otn. vii. p. 932 (1854) ; Giinih. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 52 (1858) ; 

 Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 322. 



Opisthoplus, Peters, Sitzb. Akad. Berl. 1882, p, 1148. 



Maxillary short, with 5 to 8 small teeth increasing in size and 

 followed by a pair of enormous grooved fangs situated below the 

 eye ; anterior mandibular teeth a little larger than the posterior. 



