188. APOSTOLEPIS. 235 



divided : subcaudals 27. Eed above, yellow beneath ; head black 

 above, with a yellow spot on each prsefrontal and a pair on each 

 side of the upper lip behind the eye ; a yellow, black-edged nuchal 

 coUar ; end of tail black, the terminal shield white. 



Total length 500 millim. ; tail 40. 



Goyaz, Brazil. 



4. Apostolepis nigrolineata. 



Elapomorphus nigrolineatus, Peters, Mm. Berl. Ac. 1869, p. 439 ; 

 Strauch, Bull. Ac. St. F4tersb. xxix. 1884, p. ^86. 



AgTees with A. Jlavitorquata, except in the smaller rostral shield 

 and the undivided anal. Ventrals 260 ; subcaudals 26. Brownish 

 yellow above, with five black longitudinal lines, the outer broadest 

 and on the fourth and fifth rows of scales ; snout brownish yellow, 

 rest of head black ; a yellow spot on the third and fourth upper 

 labials ; end of tail black, except the terminal shield, which is 

 whitish ; lower parts dirty yellow. 



Total length 375 millim. ; tail 27. 



Habitat unknown. 



5. Apostolepis ^ninquelineata. (Plate X. fig. 1.) 



Snout scarcely projecting ; eye minute. Eostral broader than 

 deep, just visible from above j frontal a little longer than broad, 

 as long as its distance from the end of the snout, half as long 

 as the parietals ; nasal in contact with the praeocular ; a single 

 postocular ; six upper labials, second and third entering the eye, 

 fourth, fifth, and sixth in contact with the parietal ; five lower 

 labials in contact with the chin-shields, which are subequal in length, 

 first in contact with its fellow behind the symphysial, fifth largest. 

 Scales in 15 rows. Yentrals 213 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 28. 

 Pale reddish above, with five dark brown longitudinal lines, the 

 outer broadest and on the second, third, and fourth rows of scales ; 

 head dark brown, with a large yellowish blotch on the forehead 

 and a small round yellowish spot below the eye ; whitish beneath. 



Total length 165 millim. ; tail 13. 



British Guiana. 



a. Hgr. S (V. 213 ; 0. 28). Demerara. J. Quelch, Esq. [P.]. 



6. Apostolepis nigroterminata. (Plate X. fig. 2.) 



Snout scarcely projecting ; eye minute. Eostral a little broader 

 than deep, just visible from above ; frontal longer than broad, 

 longer than its distance from the end of the snout, much 

 shorter than the parietals ; nasal in contact with the pr^- 

 ocular ; a single postocular ; six upper labials, second and third 

 entering the eye, fifth and sixth in contact with the parietal; 

 symphysial in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 

 longer than the posterior ; five lower labials in contact with the 



