140 COLUBEID^. 



Eye rather large ; snout moderate. Eostral broader than deep, 

 just visible from above ; internasals a little broader than long, 

 shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal twice as long as broad, as 

 long as or longer than its distance from the end of the snout, a little 

 shorter than the parietals ; loreal deeper than long ; one pree- 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 in 17 rows. 

 Ventrals obtusely angulate laterally, 185-200 ; anal divided ; 

 subcaudals 80-105. Length of tail 3|- to 4 times in the total 

 length. Black and olive or black and yellow above, usually with a 

 light streak along each side of the hinder part of the body, some- 

 times extending to the nape ; upper lip and lower parts yellow ; 

 usually a black spot or border at the outer end of each ventral. 



Total length 830 millim. ; tail 220. 



West Indies (Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia). 



a-b. ? (V. 187, 188 ; 0. 97, ?). Guadeloupe. 



c-f. ? (V. 192, 188, 196 ; 0. St. Lucia. Miss Alexander [P.]. 



88,89, 88) & hgr. (V. 193; 



C. 82). 



g. 5 (V. 191 ; 0. 84). St. Lucia. Mus. Oomp. Zool. [E.]. 



(One of the types of Dromicus ornatus.) 



h. c?(V. 191; 0.86). St. Lucia. G. A. Eamage, Esq. 



[0.]. 



l $ (V. 189 ; 0. 86). St. Lucia. Haslar Collection. 



k. cJ (V. 194 ; 0. 85). St. Lucia. 



I. c? (V. 104 ; 0. ?). Caracas (??). 



m. ? (V. 191 ; 0. 8-5). ? (Type of Coluber ornatus.) 



n. S (V. 189; 0.82). ? Dr. Giinther [P.]. 



0. cJ (V. 200; C. 86). ? 



p. SkuU. Martinique. 



16. Liophis andrese. 



Herpetodryas cursor, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 199 (1837). 

 Dromicus cursor, Bibron, in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Erp. p. 225, 



pi. xxviii. (1843). 

 cursor, part., Dum. 8^ Bibr. vii. p. 650 (1854) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. 



23, pi. V. fig. 2 (1867). 

 fugitivus, part., Ounth. Cat. p. 132 (1858) ; Cope, Proa. Am. 



Philos. Son. xi. 1869, p. 164. 

 Liophis andreee, Peinh. Sr LUtk. Vidensh. Meddel. 1862, p. 214 ; 



Boideng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1891, p. 354. 

 Dromicus fugitivus, Oundlach, Erp. Cabana, p. 79 (1880). 

 cuhensis, Garm. Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xxiv. 1887, p. 281. 



Eye rather large ; snout moderate. Eostral broader than deep, 

 just visible from above ; internasals as long as broad, shorter than 

 the prsefrontals ; frontal twice as long as. broad, 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, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; four 

 or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which 



