118 COITJEKID^. 



fused to a single shield ; frontal not broader than the supraocular, 

 twice as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of the 

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

 than deep; one pr^- and 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 shorter 

 than the posterior. Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals 166-177 ; anal 

 divided ; subcaudals 72-88. Pale grey-brown above, with a dorsal 

 series of rhombic or arrow-headed dark brown markings ; head 

 with dark undulous markings above ; lips and chin grey or brown ; 

 a whitish streak from the eye to, the side of the neck ; a more or 

 less distinct dark lateral stripe; lower parts spotted or powdered 

 with brown. 



Total length 700 millim. ; taU 140, 



Santo Domingo. 



o. 2 (V. 174; 0.72). S.Domingo*. (Type.) 



J. J (V. 167; 0.86). Cape Hayti. Hr. Eolle [0.1. Fischer CoU. 



c. Yg. (V. 167; 0. 88). Gonaives. Hr. Rolle [0.1. 



d. Yg. (V. 172 ; 0. 78). Hayti. Hr. Rolle [0.]. 



e. $ (V. 177 ; 0. 75). Hayti. Ckristiania Museum. 



74. DROmCUS. 



Ohironius, part., Fitzing. N. Class, Bept.^ p. 29 (1826). 



Psammophis, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 201 (1837). 



Dromious, part., Bibr. in JR. de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Erp. p. 221 



(1843) ; Bum. 8r Bibr. Erp. Gin. vii. p. 646 (1854) ; GiXnth. Cat. Col. 



Sn. p. 126 (1858) ; Jan, Elmco sist. Ofid. p. 66 (1863) ; Bocourt, 



Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 707 (1890). 

 T^niophis, Girard, Proc. Ac. PJiilad. 1854, p. 226. 

 Liophis, part., Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 76. 

 Alsophis, Cope, I.e. 



Ocyophis, Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xxiii. 1886, p. 491. 

 Orophis, Garman, Bull. Essex Inst. xxiv. 1892, p. 86. 



Kg. 11. 



MaxiUary and mandible of Sfomicus angulifer. 



Maxillary teeth 11 to 17, increasing in size posteriorly, followed, 

 after a considerable interspace, by two strongly enlarged ones ; 

 anterior mandibular teeth much larger than the posterior. Head 



* Purchased of H. Cuming as from Barbados. I find that all the specimens 

 marked " Barbados, Cuming's Coll.,'' belong to species found in S. Domingo. 



