75. LioPHis.. 135 



Liopliis (Lygophis) y-grsecum, Peters, Sitzb. Oes. nat. Fr. 1882,: 



p. 129. 

 Aporophis conirostiis, Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xxii. 1885, 



p. 191. 



Eye moderate ; snout short and rather pointed. Eostral broader 

 than deep, -well visible from above ; internasals as long as broad or 

 broader than long, as long as or shorter than the prsefrontals ; 

 frontal nearly twice as long as broad, as long as or longer than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal 

 deeper than long ; one prse- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 +■ 2 ; 

 eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; five lower 

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

 as the posterior. Scales iu 19 rows. Ventrals 149-168 ; anal 

 divided; subcaudals 58-68. Length of tail 4^ to 5 times in the 

 total length. Olive above, with four longitudinal series of dark 

 spots ; a light streak along the posterior half (sometimes the whole) 

 of the body and tail ; head brown, with a light V" or y-shaped 

 marking on the parietals ; upper lip yellowish, the shields usually 

 with black sutures; beUy yellowish, spotted or checkered with 

 black. 



Total length 500 millim. ; tail 105. 



Brazil, Paraguay. 



a. ? (V. 155 ; C. 68). Brazil. J. S. Bowerbank, 1 (Types of 



Esq. [P.]. \ L. coni- 



b. 2 (V. 160 ; 0. 68). Bahia. Haslar Collection. ) rostris.) 



c. d, e. S (V. 162 ; 0. Bahia. Dr. 0. \yucherer [0.]. 

 63) & yg. (V. 155, 



157; 0.64,?). 



f-g. S (V. 149 ; 0. ?) S. JosS dos Mr. A. Thomson [P.]. 



& 9 (V. 163; 0. 62). Oampos, Prov. 

 S. Paulo. 



h-i. 2 (V. 156, 154; Rio Grande do Dr. H. v. Ihering [C.]. 



0. 58, ?). Sal. 



k. Yg. (V. 156; 0. 63). Paraguay. Lord Dormer [P.]. 



10. Liopliis viridis. 

 Liophia viridis, Oiinth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (3) ix. 1862, p. 58, pi. ix. 



fig- 2. 

 typhlus, var. prasina, Jan, Arch. Zool, Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, 



p. 288, and Icon. O^n. 18, pi. iv. fig. 3 (1866). 

 Opheomorphus viridis, Cope, Proe. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 102. 



Eye moderate ; snout short and rather pointed. Eostral broader 

 than deep, well visible from above ; internasals as long as broad, as 

 long as or shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal once and two thirds 

 to twice as long as broad, longer than its distance from the end of 

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

 long as deep or deeper than long ; one prae- and two postoculars ; 

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



