longitudinal gular sac. Rostral triangular, deeply pitted, its 
median height live-sevenths of its breadth, extending backwards 
for some distance between the anterior frontals, which are small, 
quadrilateral, and concave behind; two pairs of posterior frontals, 
the inner pair the larger and forming a narrow suture with the 
vertical ; the latter shield hexagonal, as long as broad, with the 
lateral edges converging posteriorly ; supraciliary large and 
pentagonal ; three pairs of occipital shields, the two anterior 
pairs transversely oblong and of equal size ; the posterior pair of 
irregular shape and smaller ; a number of various sized shields on 
the temporal region ; lo reals replaced by from nine to eleven 
scale-like plates ; three pre- and four post-oculars of equal size, 
with the exception of the upper preocular which is greatly 
enlarged ; twelve upper labials, the four anterior ones pitted, the 
sixth and seventh entering the eye ; sixteen lower labials, the six 
preceeding the last four pitted. Scales on the anterior part of 
the body elongate and quadrangular, on the posterior larger and 
rhombic ; no enlarged vertebral series. A minute conical rudi- 
mentary hind limb. Colors — Upper surface of head light brown, 
the edges of the shields purplish-brown, broadest posteriorly ; an 
oblique dusky band behind the eye; general color of body and tail 
yellowish with dark brown transverse bands, which are ill-defined 
and irregular anteriorly, better defined and gradually forming a 
junction on the under surface of the body posteriorly, and best 
defined on the tail. 
Total length thirty-one and a half inches ; tail five and a half 
inches. Register number R. 1087. 
Dendropiiis papule, sp. nov . 
Scales on the body anteriorly in fifteen, mesially in thirteen, 
and posteriorly in eleven series ; the series bordering the abdo- 
minals more distinctly larger in comparison anteriorly than 
posteriorly ; the vertebral series more so posteriorly than 
anteriorly ; abdominal plates one hundred and eighty-three ; anal 
plate single ; sub-caudal plates in two rows of one hundred and 
forty-three each. Head but little defined from trunk. Muzzle 
very short, broad, truncated, and depressed ; occiput depressed. 
Eye lateral large, the pupil rounded. Body compressed and 
keeled, the tail much less so. Rostral twice as broad as high, 
not encroaching on the upper surface of the head ; anterior 
frontals quadrilateral, the lateral margins rounded in front • 
posterior frontals* pentagonal, bent down on the sides to form a 
suture with the loreal, which is large, and pointed posteriorly ; 
vertical shield pentagonal, much broader in front than behind ; 
supraciliary shields forming a sharp ridge overhanging the eye ; 
occipitals large, a little longer than broad, rounded behind ; one 
* In the unique specimen this shield is undivided except for about the 
anterior third of its length, where there is a slight, but distinct, groove. 
