LIST OF SOUTH AFRICAN SNAKES. 447 
1. LYCOPHIDIUM CAPENSE. 
Lycodon capensis, Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. No. 5, 1831, p. 18. 
Lycophidium capense, Bouleng., t.c., p. 339. 
Tropical and South Africa. 
Cape Colony: Grahamstown (Schonland); Port Elizabeth (Moor- 
house) ; Burghersdorp (Kannemeyer). 
Natal: Durban (Bowker). 
Transveaal: Johannesburg (Elleman). 
Southern Rhodesia: Mazoe (Darling) ; Salisbury (Marshall, Thomas). 
2. LYCOPHIDIUM SEMIANNULIS, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac., 1854, p. 622; 
Bouleng., t.c., p. 339. 
Portuguese East Africa, Zululand. 
6. SIMOCEPHALUS., 
Gunth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 194; Bouleng. Cat. Sn. i. p. 344. 
Two Species in South Africa. 
Frontal a little shorter than the Danica: two post- 
oculars ; ventrals 203-241 i : a8 ere SCA PENSISs 
Frontal much shorter than the parietals ‘ a single post- 
ocular ; ventrals 171-185 Eh she nS se) SS WYVaSSe: 
I. SIMOCEPHALUS CAPENSIS. 
Hetevolepis capensis, Smith, Ill., Rept. pl. lv. 
Simocephalus capensis, Bouleng., t.c., p. 345- 
Central Africa, Portuguese East Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Natal. 
Natal: Durban (Bowker) ; Southern Rhodesia: Salisbury (Marshall). 
2. SIMOCEPHALUS NYASS#, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) i., 1888, p. 328; 
Bouleng., ¢.c., p. 347, pl. xxii. fig. 2. 
East and Central Africa, Portuguese East Africa, Natal, Transvaal. 
Natal: Durban (Bowker). 
Portuguese East Africa: Delagoa Bay (Péringuey). 
7. PSEUDASPIS. 
Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad., 1864, p. 168 ; Bouleng. Cat. Sn. i. p. 373. 
I. PSEUDASPIS CANA. 
Coluber cana, Linn. S. N. i. p. 382. 
Pseudaspis cana, Bouleng., /.c. 
South Africa to Angola and British East Africa. 
Cape Colony : Cape Division (Smith, Bishop, Layard, Southey, Oakley, 
Kolbe) ; Tzitzikamma River (Harrison); Beaufort West (Jack- 
son); Graaff-Reinet (Kannemeyer); Burghersdorp (Kanne- 
meyer) ; Middelburg (Piers) ; Tsomo, Transkei (Watermeyer) ; 
Port Elizabeth (Drege, Moorhouse) ; Port Nolloth (Howard) ; 
Hanover (Schreiner) ; Worcester (Paynter) ; 7 hittle Namaqua- 
land (Péringuey, Christensen, Scully). 
Natal (Sanderson). 
Orange River Colony: Smithfield (Kannemeyer). 
Transvaal: Johannesburg (Ross) ; Modderfontein (Haagner). 
Southern Rhodesia: Mazoe (Darling) ; Salisbury (Thomas). 
