66. cDLOEOPnis. 93 



nearly twice as long as deep ; one pneocular, usuallj' not touching 

 the frontal; two postoculars ; temporals 1+^ or 1-f-l ; nine upper 

 labials, fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the eye ; five lower labials 

 in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are a little shorter 

 than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals rounded, 155- 

 11)0; anal divided; subeaudals 111-122. Green above, the inter- 

 stitial skin black ; some of the scales with a white spot on the basal 

 half of the outer margin. 



Total length 720 millim. ; tail 250, 



Eastern Central Africa. 



a. (S (V. 155; C. 111). Monbuttu. Dr. Emiu Pasha [P.]. 



(Type.) 

 h-c. Yg. (V. 190, 183 ; C. 500 miles south of Consul J. Petherick [CI 

 121,122). Chartoum. 



2. Chlorophis ornatus. 



Philothamnus ornatus, Boccuje, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. ii. 1872, p. 80, & ix 

 1682, p. 15, fig. 



Internasals shorter than the prajfrontals ; frontal with straight 

 lateral borders, once and a half as long as broad, shorter than the 

 parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one prfeocular, in contact with 

 the frontal; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1 ; eight upper labials, 

 third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye. Scales in 15 rows. 

 Ventrals rounded, 152-166 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 85-99. 

 Bronzy green above, with a brown vertebral stripe edged with 

 yellowish ; yellowish or pale green beneath. 



Total length 710 millim. ; tail 200. 



Guinea ; Angola. 



3. Chlorophis hoplogaster. (Plate V. fig. 2.) 



Ahsetulla hoplogaster, Giinth. Ann. <^ 3Iag. N. H. (3) xi. 18G3, 



p. 281; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 305 (1890). 

 Chlorophis oldhanii, Theob. Cat. Rept. As. Soc. Mus. p. 49 (1868). 

 Cyclophis oldhami, Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 159 (1876). 

 Philothamnus hoplogaster, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. ix. 1882, p. 17. 



Ilostral broader than deep, the portion visible from above measur- 

 ing one third to two fifths its distance from the frontal; internasals 

 as long as or a little shorter than the prajfrontals ; frontal once 

 and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end 

 of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal once and 

 two thirds to twice as long as deep ; one praeocular, not touching 

 the frontal ; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + ] or 1 + 2; eight upper 

 labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; five lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the 

 posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals rounded, without trace of 

 a keel, 150-169; anal divided; subcaudals 85-105. Uniform 

 green or olive above, greenish yellow inferiorly. 



Total length 700 millim.; tail 220. 



Central and South Africa. 



