100 



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f. Ilgr. (V.200; C. 144). 



<j. $ (V.188; C. 144). 



h. d (V. 181 ; C. 133). 



i. 2 (V. 175; C. 153). 

 /v. c? (V. 189; C. 147). 

 l-m. Yg. (V. 170, 175; 



C. 147, 136). 

 71-0. cJ (V. 171; C. 141) 



& 2 (V. 177; C. ?). 

 p. 6 (V. 166; C. 142). 



D. Spots and 

 q. 2 (V. 179; C. 126). 

 r. 2 (V. 185; C. 111). 



s. 2 (V. 196; C. 120). 

 t. cJ (V. 199 ; C. ? ). 



u-w. 2 (V. 171, 173; C. 



135,149)&Tg. (V. 171; 



C.P). 

 X. 2 (V. 169; C. 130). 

 tj. 2 (V. 173; C. 138). 

 z. 2 (V.171;C.?). 



Blantyre Mission Sta- J. Grant, Esq. [P.]. 

 tion. 



Lake Nyassa. 



Mozambique. 



Lake Tanganyika. 

 Zanzibar. 



Kilimandjaro. 



Kurawa. 

 Mkonumbi. 



Universities Mission 



[C], 

 Prof. B. du Socage 



[P.]. 

 Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 

 Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 

 F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Dr. J. W. Gregory 



^ [P.]. 



Dr. J. W. Gregory 



[P.J. 



bars absent or very indistinct 



Near Grahanistown. 



Hunibo, Angola. 



Angola. 



Bissao. 



Zanzibar. 



E. Africa. 

 E. Africa. 

 Meliudi. 



Rev. G. H. R. Fisk 



Prof. B. du Bocage 

 [P.]. (One of the 

 types of P. smifliii.) 



Lieut. Cameron [P.]. 



(Type oi A. hocar/iiS) 



V."H. Cornish, Esq. 

 [C.]. 



Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 



Sir J. Kirk [0.]. 

 Capt. Speke [C.]. 

 Dr. J. W. Gregory 



[R]. 



2. PMlothamnus nitidus. (Plate Y. fig. 4.) 



ALffitulla nitida, part., Giinth. Ann. Sj- May. N. H. (3) xi, 1863, 

 p. 286. 



lagoensis, Giinth. Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (4) ix. 1872, p. 26. 



Pbilothamnus lagoensis, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lish. ix. 1882, p. 6. 



Head narrow. Rostral broader than deep, the portion visible 

 from above measuring about one fifth its distance from the frontal ; 

 internasals as long as the praefrontals ; frontal with concave lateral 

 borders, once and three fourths as long as broad, a little longer than 

 its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter than the 

 parietals ; loreal twice to twice and a half as long as broad ; one 

 praiocular, in contact with or narrowly separated from the frontal ; 

 two postoculars ; temporals 1+2; nine upper labials, fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales 

 in 15 rows. Ventrals 163-165 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 150-153. 

 Dark green above, pale green beneath. 



Total length 880 millim. ; tail 330. 



Guinea. 



