. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 350 BULLETIN 58, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Strauch, in Przewalski's Mongolij^a i Strana Tangutov, III, 1876, p. 46, pi. VIII {Ala-shan Desert).—Mueller, Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel, VII, Pt. 3, 1885, p. 681 (Mongolia).—Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., I, 1893, p. 394 (Korea; north China; Hainan).—Wall, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1903, p. 91 (Yangtse Valley; Huangtsun, N. China).—Werner, A))h. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. (Muenchen), II Klasse, XXII, Pt. 2, 1904, p. 355 (Tsingtau, China).—Nikolski, Zap. Imp. Akad. Nauk, 8. Peterburg (8), XVII, No. 1,
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 350 BULLETIN 58, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Strauch, in Przewalski's Mongolij^a i Strana Tangutov, III, 1876, p. 46, pi. VIII {Ala-shan Desert).—Mueller, Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel, VII, Pt. 3, 1885, p. 681 (Mongolia).—Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., I, 1893, p. 394 (Korea; north China; Hainan).—Wall, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1903, p. 91 (Yangtse Valley; Huangtsun, N. China).—Werner, A))h. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. (Muenchen), II Klasse, XXII, Pt. 2, 1904, p. 355 (Tsingtau, China).—Nikolski, Zap. Imp. Akad. Nauk, 8. Peterburg (8), XVII, No. 1, 1905, p. 226 (Ala-shan; Ordos). 1866. Zamenis bocourti Jan, Nouv. Arch. Mus., Paris, II. 1866, Bull., p. 6 (type- locality, Siam; type in Paris Mus.; Bocourt, collector). 1867. Zamenis cataphoranotus Jak, Icon. Ophid., livr. 23, pi. ii, fig. 2 a (type- locality, Bangkok, Siam; type in Paris Mus.). There being no specimen of this species in our collection, I give the following somewhat condensed account of the tj^pe specimen derived from Doctor Peters's original description. i>esmpfion().—Adult; BerlinMnseum; type; "Mexico" (erroneously). Snout projecting, rounded; prefrontals broader than long, not longer than internasals; frontal very long, anteriorly broad and very obtusely angulate, the lateral outline forming a shallow con- cavity, posteriorly forming an acute angle with rounded apex; supra- 302. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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