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scales, the spines strongest on the sides. Olive-brown above, with 

 large h'regular dark brown blotches, pale olive beneath. 



Total length, 130 mm. ; from snout to vent, 68 ; head, 19 ; fore 

 hmb, 25 ; hind limb, 32. 



A single specimen from Little Namaqualand. 



ZONURUS TEOPIDOGASTER. 



Similar to Z. cordylus, but no frontonasal, the sutures between 

 the nasal and praefrontals, which are of equal size, forming a cross, 

 and ventral scales feebly keeled. Dorsal scales in 24 longitudinal 

 and 25 transverse series, ventrals in 14 longitudinal and 27 trans- 

 verse series. 8 femoral pores on each side. Olive-brown above, 

 with irregular darker blotches and a light vertebral stripe, whitish 

 beneath. 



From snout to vent, 48 mm. 



A single specimen from Barber ton, Transvaal, is preserved in the 

 British Museum. 



MoNOrBLTIS DECOSTERI. 



A single large shield covering the top of the head ; snout rounded, 

 seen from above ; rostral quadrangular, separating the nasals ; 

 ocular very minute, eye not distinct ; three upper labials, third 

 very large ; symphysial small, followed by a large chin-shield with 

 a pair of smaller ones behind it ; three lower labials, third very 

 large. Tail rounded at the end. 193 annuli on the body and 11 on 

 the tail ; an annulus in the middle of the body includes 34 segments, 

 20 dorsal and 14 ventral ; the two median ventral segments a little 

 more than twice as broad as long. Pectoral shields four, large, 

 elongate, subequal, as long as the head. A pair of very large anal 

 segments. A praeanal pore on each side. Uniform yellowish white 

 in spirit. 



Total length, 215 mm. ; tail, 10 ; diameter of body, 6. 



A single specimen from Delagoa Bay (coll. De Coster). 



MOKOPELTIS COLOBURA. 



A single large shield covering the top of the head ; snout rounded, 

 seen from above ; rostral subtriangular, the nasals in contact with 

 each other above it ; ocular very small, eye distinguishable ; three 

 upper labials, third very large, second longest ; symphysial larger 

 than the adjacent lower labials, followed by a large chin-shield with 



