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The Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. VII, No. 7, 
(. b ) Dromicus omiltemanus collected at Gualan, Guatemala, 
January 22, 1905. Length, 144 inches; tail 5} inches. Ventral 
scutes 128, sub-caudal scutes, 81 pair. Scales on this spec¬ 
imen are in 17 rows, instead of in 19, as given in the Biologia 
Amer. Cen. by Gunther. Mr. H. H. Smith collected this species 
in Mexico at an altitude of 8,000 feet. 
SPILOTES. 
Spilotes salvim, collected at Gualan, Guatemala, January 22, 
1905. Length 8SJ inches, tail 244 inches; which is unusually 
large for this snake. Gunther gives 77 inches as the maximum. 
Gastrosteges 206, urosteges 129 pairs, and entire. In coloration 
it has much more black than the description or figure of this 
species in the Biol. Amer. Central, and a correspondingly less 
amount of yellow. The head plates are regular and correspond 
to the description very closely. 
DRYMOBIUS. 
Drymobius caeruleus, was collected at Gualan, Guatemala, 
January 25, 1905. Length, 394 inches, tail 14J inches. Ventral 
scutes 153, sub-caudals, 116 pair. Nine upper labials, 4th, 5th 
and 6th in the orbit. 
DIPSAS. 
Dipsas splendida, represented by two specimens (No. 33, and 
No. 12). The small caliber of the neck of this species in com¬ 
parison with the size of the head and body make these specimens 
the most striking ones in the collection. 
No. 12 was collected at Los Amates, Guatemala, February 
12, 1905. Length, 28J inches, tail 8J inches, abdominal scutes 
240, sub-caudal scutes 142 pairs, one ante-orbital; had 37 dark 
spots on the bodv, and 24 on the tail. Stomach contained the 
remains of three small lizards. 
No. 33 was collected at Los Amates, Guatemala, February 
23, 1905. Length, 334 inches, tail, 104 inches; sub-caudal 
scutes 147 pair, ventral scutes 231 pair; two ante-orbitals; the 
vertebral scales are longer than broad anteriorly, but broader 
than long posteriorly in both specimens; adult 2 ; neck very 
slender. This snake contained six unincubated eggs, with a 
very light covering membrane, the species being in all probability 
ovoviviparous. The stomach contained the remains of three 
lizards and two beetles. 
BOTHROPS. 
Bothrops atrox; this sepcies is represented by two spec¬ 
imens, the onlv poisonous snakes in the collection; one in adult, 
which looks able to uphold the reputation of its insular relative, 
the Fer-de-lance; the other a young specimen. 
