^ 



16 



9 Sibudeni, Zululaud 

 ,, Lessouto, Basutolaud 

 $ Krugersdorp, Transvaal 



? „ „ • 



.$ Barbei'tou, „ 



5 Great Namaqualaud, P.M. 

 .$ Damaralaud . 

 ,, S. Africa (A. Smith) 



9 



Columns as in the preceding i\ 



Habitat. — Eastern parts of Cape Colony, Natal, Basutoland, Trans- 

 vaal, Great Namaqualand,* Damaraland. 



The specimens in the South African Museum are from the following 

 localities : Knysna, Kentani, Uitenhage, Port Elizabeth, Burghersdorp, 

 East London, Encobo, and West Pondoland, in Cape Colony ; Umvoti 

 in Natal ; Morija in Basutoland ; and Johannesburg in the Transvaal. 



3. NUCEAS BOULENGEEI. 



Nvcras boulengeri, O. Neumann, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) v, 1900, 

 p. 56 ; Sternfeld, in Schubotz, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Z.-Afr. Exped. 

 iv, ii, p. 222 (1912) ; Nieden, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. vii, 1913, p. 7&: 

 Bouleng. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. xiii, 1917, p. 205. 



" Body elongate ; head not depressed, its length (to ear-opening) 

 contained 4| to 5 times in the length from snout to vent ; two post- 

 nasals ; no granules between the supraoculars and the supraciliaries ; 

 interparietal not so long and narrow as in JV. tessellata and N. clelalandii ; 

 occipital very small ; subocular bordering the lip between the fourth 

 iind fifth upper labials ; two supratemporals bordering the parietals ; 

 tympanum half as large as the ear-opening. Dorsal scales small, 

 pointed behind, larger on the sides of the body ; 45 to 53 scales round 

 the body ; veutrals iu 6 longitudinal and 27 to 30 transverse series. 

 Femoral pores 11 or 12. Foot much shorter than the head. Tail 



* Spftcimens sent to the Paris Musevini by F. de Castelnaxt. The occuiTence 

 of this species in the Western parts of South Africa had been questioned by 

 Hewitt, Ann. Transv. Mus., ii, 1910, p. 114. 



