66, CHLOROPHIS. 93 
nearly twice as long as deep; one preocular, usually not touching 
the frontal; two postoculars; temporals 1+ 2 or 1+1; 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- 
190; anal divided; subcaudals 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. do (V.155; C.111). Monbuttu. Dr. Emin Pasha [P.]. 
Type.) 
b-c. Yg. (V.190, 183; C. 500 miles south of Consul J. Petherick [C.]. 
121, 122). Chartoum. 
2. Chlorophis ornatus. 
Philothamnus ornatus, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. ii. 1872, p. 80, & ix. 
1882, p. 15, fig. 
Internasals shorter than the preefrontals ; frontal with straight 
lateral borders, once and a half as long as broad, shorter than the 
parietals ; loreal longer than deep; one prieocular, 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. (Prater V. fig. 2. 
Aheetulla hoplogaster, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (8) xi. 1863, 
p. 284; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 305 (1890). 
Chlorophis oldhami, 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. 
Rostral 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 prvefrontals ; 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 prexocular, not touching 
the frontal ; two postoculars ; temporals 1+1 or 1+2; eight upper 
Jabials, 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. 
