452 THE SNAKES OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
19. RHAMPHIOPHIS. 
Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac., 1854, p. 624; Bouleng. Cat. Sn. iii. p. 144. 
A single Species in South Africa. 
1. RHAMPHIOPHIS MULTIMACULATUS. 
Coronella multimaculata, Smith, Ill., Rept. pl. 1xi. 
Rhamphiophis multimaculatus, Bouleng., t.c., p. 148. 
Northern parts of Cape Colony, Orange River Colony, German South- 
West Africa. 
Cape Colony: Little Namaqualand (Howard) ; Kenhardt (Schlechter) ; 
Hanover (Schreiner) ; Burghersdorp (KKannemeyer). 
Orange River Colony : Smithfield (Kannemeyer). 
20. PSAMMOPHIS. 
Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 521; Bouleng. Cat. Sn. ili. p. 152. 
Ten Species in South Africa. 
I. Scales in 17 rows; ventrals 154-108. 
A, Anal entire; two preoculars .. ee .. PP. notostictus. 
B. Anal divided (rarely entire). 
1. Preocular extensively in contact with the 
frontal ; forehead concave ; two labials 
entering the eye: .. P. furcatus. 
2. Preocular narrowly in contact with or 
separated from the frontal. 
a. Two preoculars ; rostral considerably 
broader than deep. 
8 upper labials, 3 entering the eye but “fe .. LP. tvansvaaliensis. 
9 upper labials, 2 entering the eye Sit che .. P. trigyvammus. 
9 upper labials, 3 entering the eye ae ate .. P. bocagit. 
b. Asingle preocular ; rostral as deep as 
broad or slightly broader than deep ; 
two labials entering the eye. 
Frontal, in the middle, narrower than the oeey 
sub-caudals 90-116 . P. sibilans. 
Frontal, in the middle, nearly a as broad as the supra- 
ocular ; sub- caudals 64-95 . Far se .. LP. brevirostris. 
II. Scales in 15 rows. 
Preocular extensively in contact with the frontal ; 
ventrals 165-177 me ve oe a tL. 
Preocular not reaching the frontal ; ventrals 136-155 PP. crucifer. 
III. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 141-155 as .. LP. angolensis. 
I. PSAMMOPHIS NoTostTIcTUS, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac., 1867, p. 237; 
Bouleng., ¢.c., p. 156. 
South Africa, Angola, Lower Congo. 
Cape Colony : Cape Town (Rosser, Lightfoot) ; Stellenbosch (Francke); 
Grahamstown; Middelburg (Piers); Victoria West (Piers) ; 
Touw’s River (Le Févre) ; Beaufort West (Jackson); Graaff- 
Reinet (Paynter); Burghersdorp (Kannemeyer) ; Malmesbury 
Division (Kisel) ; Ceres (Purcell) ; Caledon (Burges) ; Robertson 
(Melle); Hanover (Schreiner); Port St. Johns (Shortridge) ; 
Little Namaqualand (Schlechter). 
Orange River Colony : Smithfield (Iannemeyer). 
German South-West Africa: Damaraland (Nightingale). 
