2. GLAUCONIA. 67 



scales round tho body. Diameter of body 70 times in the total 

 length, length of tail 9 times. Plesh-colour. 



Total length 208 millim. 



Mozambique. 



16. Glauconia brevicauda. 



Stenostoma brevicauda, Bocaye, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. xi. 1887, p. 194. 

 Glauconia brevicauda, Bouleng. Ann. ^ May. N. H. (6) vi. 1890, 

 p. 92. 



llesembles S. nigricans., but differs in the narrower rostral and 

 much shorter tail, which measures hardly twice its basal diameter 

 and is contained 25 to 30 times in the total length. Diameter of 

 body 57 times in the total length. Chocolate -brown above, greyish 

 white inferiorly. 



Total length 170 millim. 



Dahomey and Ashautee, "West Africa. 



a. Ad. Ashantee. 



17. Glaucoma nigricans. 



T^^hlops nigiicans, Schley. Ahbild. p. 38, pi. xxxii. figs. 21-24 



'(1844). 

 Stenostoma nigricans, Dion. ^- Bibr. vi. p. 326 (1844). 

 Glauconia nigricans, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 139 (1845). 

 Stenostoma uigricaus, part., Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. pis. li. 



fig. 4, & liv. fig. 25 (1846) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 38, 1. 2. pis. v. & vi. 



tig. 8 (1864) ; Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 102 (1882). 



Snout rounded ; supraocular present, small ; rostral as broad as 

 or a little broader than the nasal, extending to the level of the 

 anterior border of the eyes ; nasal completely divided into two ; 

 ocular bordering tho lip, between two labials, the anterior of which 

 is very small ; five lower labials. 14 scales round the body. 

 Diameter of body 40 to 53 times in the total length, length of tail 

 8 to 13 times. Brown or blackish, the scales edged with lighter. 



Total length 160 millim. 



South Africa. 



a. Ad. Cape of Good Hope. Su- A. Smith [P.]. 



b. Ad. Cape of Good Hope. Dr. J. Lee [P.J. 



c. Ad. Port Elizabeth. A. E. Craven, Esq. [P.l 



d. Several specs., Port Elizabeth. J. P. M. Weale, Esq. [P.]. 

 ad. & hgr 



e-f. Ad. & hgr. Port Elizabeth. II. A. Spencer, Esq. [P.]. 



18. Glauconia conjuncta. 



Stenostoma nigi-icans, part., Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. pi. liv. 



fig. 21 (184G) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 38 (1864) ; Peters, Reise 7i. 



Mossamb. iii. p. 102 (1882). 

 conjunctum, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys, i. 1861, p. 189, and 



Icon. Gin. 2, pis. v. & vi. fig. 9 (1861). 



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