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1. The EiNGHALSSLANG. Sepedou Haemachates, Merreiti, 

 Tent. 146. Seba, ii. t. 58,/. 1, 3. Hoemacbate, Lacep. Quad. 

 Ovip. ii. 115, t. 3,/. 2, Cuvier, R. A. ii. 86. Vipera Haemachates, 

 Latr. Rept. iv. 30. Daiid. Rept. vi. 207. Naja capensis, A. Smith, 

 Edin. Phil. Journ. i. 2. Xaja Haemachates, Schlegel^ Phys. Serp. 

 481, t. 17, f. 10, 11. A. Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. Rept. t. 54. 

 Ringhalsslang or Spuwslang, Colonists. 



Dark brown, yellow spotted and marbled ; beneath pale, with 

 broad dark cross bands. 



a. In spirits. Young. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by the 



Lords of the Admiralty. 

 h. In spirits. Adult. S. Africa, Namaqua. 



8. Causus. 



Scales lanceolate ; of the back slightly keeled ; of the sides 

 smooth, in oblique cross series : ocular scales nearly sun'ounding 

 the eyes : pupil round : body rather flattened ; back keeled : tail 

 very short, strong; subcaudal plates two-rowed; tip conical, 

 sheathed. 



Causus, Wagler, Syst. 172, 1830. Naja sp., Boie, Isis, 1827. 

 Schlegel, P. S. 483. Sepedon sp., Licht. 



1. The Causus. Causus rhombeatus, Wagler, Syst. 172. Se- 

 pedon rhombeata, Licht. Cat. Douh. 106, 1823. Naja rhombeata, 

 Schlegel, Phys. Serp. 483, t. 17, /. 12, 13. Naja. V-nigrum, Boie, 

 Isis, 1827, 556. Coluber (Vipera) V-nigrum, Cuvier, R. A. ii. 94. 

 Scheuchz. t. 771, /. 1. 



Olive : back ^^dth a series of rhombic, pale-edged, brown spots ; 

 sides \Nith oblique blackish streaks : lips brown, spotted : temporal 

 streak broad, dark : cro^n -with a broad triangular spot. 



a. In spirits. Young. South Africa. Presented by John Lee, 



LL.D. 

 h, c. In spirits. Adult. S. Africa. From the Leyden Museum. 



d. In spirits. Young. W. Africa. 



e. In spirits. Adult. W. Africa, Gold coast. From Mr. Rich's 



collection. 



