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COtTJEBIDiE. 



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

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

 as long as deep or longer than deep ; one prseocular (rarely divided), 

 usually not reaching the frontal ; two postoculars ; temporals 

 1 + 1 or 1 + 2 ; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; 

 four (rarely five) lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

 shields, which are as long as or a little longer than the posterior. 

 Scales smooth, with single apical pits, in 19 rows. Ventrals 

 rounded, 175-198 ; anal divided (rarely entire) ; subcaudals 94- 

 126. Green above, yellowish beneath. 



Total length 1160 millim. ; tail 330. 



Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Eastern Peru, Argentina. 



A. Upper surface of head, and a more or less distinct vertebral line 



pale brown or reddish ; a black streak on each side of the head, 

 behind the eye. (C. olfersii, Licht. ; C. jiileatus, Wied.) 



a, b, c. S (V. 190, 193 ; Brazil. Lord Stuart [P.]. 

 C. 116, 112) & ? 

 (V. 191 ; 0. 104). 



d. ? (V. 198; 0. 101). Brazil. Mr. Clausen [0.1. 



e. ? (V. 190; 0. 94). Rio Janeiro. G. Busk, Esq. [P.]. 

 /. d (V. 189 ; 0. 126). Eio Grande do Sul. Dr. H. v. ttering 



[0.]. 

 g. 5 (V. 189 ; 0. 101). S. America. Haslar Collection. 



h. SkuU. Brazil. 



B. Uniform green ; a black streak on each side of the head, behind 



the eye. (P. latirostris, Cope.) 



a. S (V. 189 ; 0. 112). Asuncion, Paraguay. Dr. J. Bohls [CI. 

 h. $ (V. 193 ; 0. 102). Argentina. 



C. Uniform green ; no postocular streak. (P. reinJiardti, Gthr.) 



a,b. 2 (V.194; 0.106) Bahia. Dr.O.Wucherer[0.]. 



& hgr. (V. 189; 0. 109). (Types of P. reinhardti.) 



c. S (V. 175 ; 0. 114). Bahia. Haslar Colleotion. 



d. $ (V. 191 ; 0. ?). Pernambuco. J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



[P.]. 



e. Yg. (V. 181 ; 0. 113). Pernambuco. W. A. Forbes, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 f-g. S (V. 182 ; C. 108) Movobamba, N.E. Mr. A. H. EofE [0.1. 



& $ (V. 190; 0.?). Peru. 



h. $ (V. 188 ; 0. 104). Asuncion, Paraguay. Dr. J. Bohls [O.j. 

 i. Yg. (V. 178; 0. 118). S. America. H. A. Evans, " 



Esq. [P.]. 

 k. S (V. 187 ; C. 103). S. America. 



(Types of P. reinhardti.) 



4. Philodryas schotti. 



Xenodon schottii, ScMeg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 91, pi. iii. figs. 8 & 9 



(1837). 

 Dryophylax schottii, Dum. ^ Bibr. vii. p. 1118 (1854) ; Casteln. 



Anim. nouv. Amir. Bud, Kept. p. 67 (1855) ; Jan, Icon. Q&n. 49, 



pi. i. %. 2 (1879). 



