356 



COLUBRID-E. 



d. Yg. (Sc. 25 ; V. 185 ; Matabele-land. C. Eeddinylon, Esq. 



0. 59). [P.]. 



e-f. S (Sc. 25 ; V. 193, S. Africa. 



"188; 0.07,64). 



B. A dorsal series of large sqnariish or rhomboidal dark spots, 



separated by light intervals, alternating with a lateral series 

 of spots or cross bars ; belly spotted or dotted only at the sides. 

 (C. scaher, L.) 



a. 2 (Sc. 27 ; V. 221 ; C. Cape of Good Hope. Il.M.S. ' Herald.' 

 48). 



b. ? (Sc. 27 ; V. 214; C. Cape of Good Hope. 

 41). 



c. Yg. (Sc. 23 ; V. 208 ; S. Africa. 

 C 00). 



d. 2 (Sc. 27 ; V. 237 ; C. Zomba, Brit. C 

 54). Africa. 



e-g. c? (Sc. 25; V. 210; Zanzibar. 



C. 73) & 2 (Sc.2o,27; 



V. 225, 229 ; C. CO. 58). 

 h. Yg. (Sc. 25 ; V. 2.33 ; Kilimanjaro. 



C. 59). 

 i. Yg. (Sc. 23; V. 214; Wadelai. 



C. 68). 

 /,-.. llgr. c? (Sc. 25 ; V. Kitbu-Uri, E. 



201 ; C. 53). Kikuyu. 



I. Yg. (Sc. 23 ; V. 209 ; W. Africa. 



C.Y57). 

 m. S (Sc. 23 ; V. 226 ; Old Calabar. 



C. 89). 

 n. 2 skeleton. E. Kikuyu. 



C. Pale reddish brown above, with the markings very mnch efi'aced. 



Intermediate between 13 and F. 



Leyden Museum. 



II. H. Johnston, E.sq. 



[P.]. 

 Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 



F. .1. Jackson, Esq. 



[P.-j. 

 Dr. Emin Pasha [P.]. 



Dr. J. \V. Gregory [P.]. 



Mr. Rich [C.]. 



E. Logan, Esq. [P.]. 



Dr. J. W. Gregory [P.]. 



a, b. 2 (Sc. 25, 27 ; V. Zomba, Brit. C. 

 237, 245 ; C. 80, 79). Africa. 



H. II. Johnston, Esq. 



[P.]. 



D. Dorsal markings as in 13, but vcntrals edged with blackish. 



a. Yg. (Sc. 23 ; Y. 242 ; Abvssiuia. 

 C. 63). 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[P.]. 



E. Dorsal spots continent with lateral ones, forming cross bands ; 

 belly unspotted. {D. mediri, Eianc. : D. fasriolaia, Peters.) 



fl. Ilgr. (Sc. 25 ; V 238; Mouth of the Zam- Capt. Bedingfield [P.]. 

 C. 00). bezi. 



F. No spots or markings of any kind. 

 D. inornata. Smith.) 



«. TIgr. c5" (Sc. 23 ; V. Buma, Congo. 

 224 ; C. 74). 



b. 2 (Sc. 25; V. 229; Cacuir.ca, Angola. 

 0, ?). 



c. Ilgr. S (Sc. 25; V. Natal. 

 233; 0.85). 



(C. j^icdmarum, Leach ; 



Dr. Leach. (Type of 



C. pahnarum.) 

 Dr. Welwitsch [C.]. 



E. Howlett, Esq. [P.]. 



