598 ADDENDA AND CORKIGENDA. 



divided ; subcaudals — ? (tail mutilated)^. Black above, witt two 

 white streaks commencing on the parietal shields and running along 

 the sixth series of scales and the adjoining halves ; a white cross- 

 bar on the forehead, ocoupjing the anterior two thirds of the 

 frontal and supraocular shields ; a series of white spots along the 

 upper lip ; lower parts white, with a black dot or spot at the outer 

 end of each shield. 



Total length 490 millim. 



Palawan. 



a-b. (J (V. 153, 155; C. ?). Palawan. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



(Types.) 



j^^(j . Page 167. PolyodontopMs subpunctatus. 



n-p. J (V. 167 ; 0. 60), ? (V. 176 ; Ceylon. Miss Layard [P.]. 



0. 58), & yg. (V. 163 ; C. 52). 



Add : — ^^S^ ^^^- PolyodontopMs Sagittarius. 



i 2 (V. 236 ; C. 54). Bengal ? Dr. Cantor. 



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 11. PolyodontopMs vemistissimus. 



Henicognathus venustiasimus, Giinth. Biol. C.-Am., Sept. p. 144, 

 pi. li. fig. C (1894). 



Snout much flattened ; rostral much broader than deep, visible 

 from above ; internasals shorter than the praefiontals ; frontal 

 longer than its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep or a little longer than 

 deep; one prse- and two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 3; nine upper 

 labials, fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the eye ; four lower labials 

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

 a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 

 137-142 ; anal divided. Crimson above, each scale with a black 

 dot, with black cross-bands edged with yeUow ; some of the cross- 

 bands broken on the vertebral line and alternating ; snout and 

 occiput black, vertex yellow ; labials, loreal, and prseoeular yellow ; 

 dark streaks radiating from below the eye ; white beneath, with 

 blackish dots on the sides ; each subcaudal with a large black spot *. 



Total length 430 millim., without tail. 



Nicaragua. 



a-b. S (V. 142, 137 ; C. ?). Hacienda Rosa de Dr. E. Rothschuh 



Jericho, Nicaragua. [C.]. (Types.) 



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6 a. LIOPHIDIUm. 



Maxillary teeth 25, small, closely set, the three posterior feebly 

 enlarged ; mandibular teeth small, equal. Dentary bone completely 



* The coloration is deBcribed from the specimens when quite fresh. 



