)20 Annals of the South African Mitseuvi. 



Portuguese East Africa, Zululand. 

 Delagoa Bay (De Coster). — Type. 



32. HOMOEELAPS. 

 Jan, Eev. et Mag. Zool., 1858, p. 518 ; Bouleng. Cat. Sn. iii. p. 408. 



Tico Sjiccies. 



Ventrals 160-215 H. lactevs. 



Ventrals 219-244 H. dorxaUs. 



1. HOMORELAPS LACTEUS. 



Coluber lacteus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 381. 



Ho7norelapslacteus, Bouleng., t.c, p. 409. 



Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Eiver Colony. 



Cape Colony : Cape Peninsula (Southey) ; Worcester (Lycett) ; 

 Eobertson (Hodges) ; George (Frere) ; Piquetburg (Water- 

 meyer) ; Caledon (Burgess) ; Port Elizabeth (Matcham) ; 

 Kimberley (French). 



Natal (Ellman). 



Transvaal : Ermelo (Watermeyer). 



2. HOMOEELAPS DORSALIS. 



Elapsdorsalis, Smith, 111., Eept., App. p. 21. 

 Homorclaps dorsalvi, Bouleng., t.c, p. 410. 

 Eastern parts of Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Eiver Colony. 

 Orange Eiver Colony : Brandfort (Haagner) ; Smithfield (Kanne- 

 meyer. 



33. DENDEASPIS. 



Schleg. Versl. Zool. Gen. Amsterd. 1848 ; Bouleng., Cat. Sn. iii. 



p. 434. 



Two Species in South Africa, 



Scales in 19 to 23 rows in the middle of the body ; 8 upper hibiais ; 



upper anterior temporal not longer than the lower D. amjusticeps. 



Scales in 25 rows ; 9 upper labials ; upper anterior temporal twice 



as long as the lower D. mainbu. 



1. Dendraspis augusticeps. 



Najaangusticcps, Smith, 111., Eept. pi. Ixx. 



Dendraspis augusticeps, Bouleng., t.c, p. 437. 



Natal, Zululand, Transvaal, Southern Ehodesia, East and Central 



Africa. 

 Natal : Durban (Butler) ; Zululand (Jones). 



