81. EHADlNiEA. 169 



which are as long as or a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 

 17 rows. Teiitrals 141-164; anal divided; subcaudals 47-58. 

 Length of tail 5 to 5^ times in the total length. Yellowish or pale 

 ohre-brown above, each scale edged with black ; lower parts uniform 

 yellow, the shields edged with black at the sides. Young with a 

 light nuchal collar. 



Total length 500 millim. ; tail 95. 



Brazil. 



a-d, e-f. S (V. 144, 141, Brazil. 

 150, 143 ; 0. 53, ?, 

 49, 51), $ (V. 146; 

 C. 49;,&hgr. (V. 148; 

 0. 50). 

 g. Yg. (V. 143 ; 0. 60). Brazil. Lord Stuart [P.]. 



A. S (.V. 148; 0.?). Tijuca, near Rio W. Schaus, Esq. [P.]. 



Janeiro. 

 I. Yg. (V. 160; 0. 56). Colonia Alpina, Dr. E. A. Goldi [P.]. 



Theresopolis, 

 Prov. Rio Janeiro. 

 h-l. 5 (V. 152, 164; S. Jos^dos Campos, Mr. A. Thomson fP.!. 

 C. 47, 56). Prov. S. Paulo. 



m. S (V. 145 ; C. 62). V Sir J. Richardson [P.]. 



(Type of C. australis.) 

 n. Skull. Brazil. 



10. KhadinaBa fusca. 



Liophis merremii, Bnrm. jReise La Plata, i. p. 628 (1861). 



? Opheomorphus merremii, var. semiaureus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 



1862, p. 348. 

 Liophis merremii, part., Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 291, 



and Icon. Gen. 17, pi. v. (1866) ; llensel, Arch. f. Nat. 1868, 



p. 324. 

 Opheomorphus fuscus. Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xxii. 1885, 



p. 190 ; Bouleng. Ann. 8,- Mag. N. H. (5) xvi. 1885, p. 297. 

 Liophis fuscus, Bouleng. Ann. |- Mag. N. H. (5) xviii. 1886, p. 431. 

 RhadinEea fusca, Bouleng. Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. (6) xiii. 1894, 



p. 346. 



Eye rather small. Eostral broader than deep, visible from 

 above ; internasals broader than long, shorter than the prsefrontals ; 

 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 shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal deeper than long ; one praeocular, some- 

 times with a small subocular below i,t ; 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 or a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows. 

 Ventrals 165-183; anal divided; subcaudals 51-60. Length of 

 tail 5 to 6 times in the total length. Yellowish or olive-brown 

 above, each scale edged with darker; ventrals and subcaudals 

 yellow, black-edged. Young with a A-shaped black band on the 

 occiput, another on the nape, and a series of large black spots along 

 each side, which unite into a stripe on the posterior part of the 



