636 ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 



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

 ej-e ; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chiu-shields, 

 which are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 

 132 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 66. Eeddish brown above; a black 

 lateral line between the fourth and fifth rows of scales, edged above 

 with yellowish on the anterior part of the body ; this line widens 

 on the neck and head, and, passing through the eye, joins its fellow 

 on the end of the snout ; upper lip white ; belly pinkish yellow, 

 finely speckled all over with blackish. 



Total length 430 millim. ; tail 140. 



Costa Eica. 



u. 5 (V. 132 ; 0. 66). Azahar de Cartage. Mr. Underwood [C.]. 



^^^ . Page 182. Urotheca lateristriga. 



e. Yg. (V. 135 ; C. 117). Costa Rica. 



/-y. -6 (V. 132, 134 ; La Palma, Costa Rica. Mr. Underwood [0.]. 

 'C. 91, 101). 



^^^ . Page 183. Urotheca elapoides. 



Erythrolamprus venustissimus, spec, w, Gunth. Cat. p. 48 (1868). 



k. c?, A. a. (V. 128 ; C. 102). Mexico. Mr. H. Finck [C.]. 



I. 5 , A. b. (V. 134 ; C. ?). Atoyac, Guerrero. F. D. Godman, Esq. 



OT.Yg.,A. i. (V. 124;C. 114). Belize. 



«. ? , A. b. (V. 133 ; C. ?). Para. J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



o. 2 ! C. 6 broad black rings Yucatan, 

 on the body (V. 134; 0.?). 



[P.]. 



. P. G. 



[P.]. 



j^^^ . Page 184. Urotheca bicincta. 



d. Yg. (Sc. 19 ; V. 179 ; Para. Dr. E. A. Gbldi [P.l. 



C. 74). 



^^^ . Page 185. Trimetopon gracile. 



c. S (V. 132 ; C. 63). Turrialba, Costa Rica. Mr. Underwood [0.]. 



Page 185. Add a species : — 

 2. Trimetopon pliolepis. 

 Trimetopon pliolepis, Cope, Proc. Ac. PMlad. 1894, p. 201. 



Apparently closely allied to, and possibly identical with, T. gracile. 

 The only important difference seems to be in the number of rows 

 of scales, viz. 17 instead of 15. Ventrals 154; subcaudals 69. 

 Coloration more obscure. 



Total length 287 milHm. ; tail 76. 



San Jose, Costa Eica. 



