81. EHADIN^A. 165 



5. Ehadinsea anomala. 



Coi-onella anomala, &unth. Cat. p. 37 (1868), and Zool. Rec. 186(3, 



p. UQ ; Bouleng. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (5) xviLi. 1880, p. 431. 

 i-ygophis rutilus, Cope, Proc. Ac. PlUlad. 1862, p. 80, and 18G3, 



p. 101. ' L ! ! 



Coronella pulchella, J^are, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 251, 



and Icon. Gen. 17, pi. iii. fig. 4 (1866). 

 Aporophis anomalus, Cope, Pi-uc. Ami Philos. Soc. xvii. 1877, p. 93. 



Eye moderate. Eostral broader than deep, just visible from 

 above ; internasals as long as broad, as long as or a little shorter 

 than the prefrontals * ; frontal narrow, twice as long as broad, as 

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

 snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal as long as deep or a litfcle 

 longer f ; one pr^- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 ; eight 

 (exceptionally seven) upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the 

 eye ; four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior ehin- 

 shields, which are as long as or a little longer than the posterior. 

 Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals indistinctly angulate laterally, 147- 

 159; anal divided; subcaudals 50-73. Length of tail 4^ to 5§ 

 times in the total length. Brown or olive above, with large black 

 spots dotted with yellow, and two yellow longitudinal lines or series 

 of spots ; the black spots forming symmetrical vertical bars on the 

 sides ; beUy yellow. 



Total length 570 millim. ; tail 105. 



From Southern Brazil and Paraguay to Buenos Ayres. 



c?(V. 155; 0..f). Parana. Haslar Collection. 



(Type.) 



b. S (V. 158; 0. 69). Paraguay. Prof. Grant fP.!. 



c-d. c7 (V. 159 ; 0. 69) & Eio Grande do Sul. Dr. H. v. Iheriug [0.1 



2 (V. 155; 0.66). ^'- -* 



e-/. $ (V. 147, 154 ; Dept. of Soriano, Uru- R. Havers, Esq. [P.j. 



0. 66, 65). guay. 



ff-i. c? (V. 152; C. 58) & Buenos Ayres. G. Wilks, Esq. [P.l. 



2 (V. 155, 155 ; 0. 53, ' i L J 



63). 



k-l. d (V. 151 ; 0. 59) & South of Eio de la Lieut. Gairdner [P.! 



2 (V. 147 ; 0. 60). Plata. 



m. Skull. Eio Grande do Sul. 



6. Rhadinaea sagittifera. ^rr^tJ^'^ 



Chlorosoma sagittifer, Jan, in Burm. Reiae La Plata, ii. p. 6-30 

 (1861) [no description]. 

 , Liopeltis .sagiilifer, Jan, Elenco, p. 82 (1863), and Icon. G4n. 31, 



pi. V. fig. 2 (1869). 

 Liophis pulcher, Steind. Sitzb. ATc. Wien, Iv. 1867, p. 267, pi. ii. 



Eye moderate; rostral a little broader than deep, well visible 



* The type specimen is anomalous in having an azygous shield separating the 

 pair of prsefrontals. 



+ Fused with the priefrontal in the type specimen. 



