122 OPHIDIA. 



lower jaw, the throat, the abdominal and subcaudal regions. The 

 upper region of the body and tail is likewise yellowish, but, since 

 each scale is provided with a chestnut-brown margin, the entire sur- 

 face assumes a reticulated appearance. The scales of the middle 

 dorsal row having that chestnut-brown margin more strongly marked 

 than the rest, the body appears as if provided with a dorsal brown 

 band. 



Log. — This species was found under the bark of a tree, at Upper 

 Hunter, near Sydney, Australia. 



Genus LODIA, B. & G. 



Chak. gen. — Capite ovaio, discreto. Oculis magnis^ circnlaonhus. Scuiis 

 verticis duobus ; nasalihus duohus ; loreo in orhitum prodaeto; ante- 

 orhitali uno ; postorbitalihus duohus; supra-lahialihus elongatis, mag- 

 nis. Scutellis mentalibus in unum par dispositis. Squamis laevibus. 

 Scutella postahdominali, seu p)raeanaU, divisa; suhcaudalibiis in du- 

 plicem seriem dispositis. 



Gen. Char. — Head ovoid, distinct from the body. Eyes large and 

 circular. Two vertex plates. Tw^o nasals. Loral entering into the 

 orbit with an anteorbital. Postorbitals two. Supraoculary elon- 

 gated and large. Mental shields one pair. Scales smooth. Post- 

 abdominal scutella divided. Subcaudal scutellae disposed upon a 

 double series. 



^Y^.—Lodia, B. & G. Catal. N. Amer. Kept. I, 1853, 116. 



Observ. — By its general appearance this genus reminds us of Gala- 

 maria proper. It is composed, so far, of but one species, inhabiting 

 the northwestern coast of America. 



LoDIA TENUIS, B. & G. 



(Plate IX, figs. 8-11.) 



Char. spec. — Squamis dorsualihus in qulndecim series longitudinales 

 dispositis. Corpore supra fusco, a latere coeruleo; vitta pallida in 



