92 Koin.E. 



2. Aspidites ramsayi. 

 Aspidiotes ramsayi, Madeay^ Proc. Linn. 8oc. N.S. W. vi. 1882, p. 813. 



Differs from the preceding in having the eye separated from the 

 labials by a subocular ; fourteen upper labials. Veutrals 293 ; 

 anal divided ; subcaudals 52, the four last divided. Greyish brown 

 above, variegated with indistinct darker brown bands and spots 

 over the entire upper surface from the head to the tail ; veutrals 

 yellowish, the basal portion of each shield dusky. 



Total length 1900 millim. ; tail 330. 



Port Bourkc. 



7. CALABARIA. 



Calabavia, Gray, Proc. Zool. ISoc. 1858, p. 154 ; Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. 



p. -im (1858). 

 Pthoptrura, Peters, Mon. Perl. Ac. 1858, p. 340. 



PrajmaxiUary and palate toothless ; anterior maxillary and man- 

 dibular teeth longest, gradually decreasing in size. Head not 

 distinct from neck, covered with shields ; rostral large ; nostril in a 

 single or somidivided nasal. No mental groove. Ej^e very small, 

 with vertical pupil. Scales moderate, smooth. Tail short, thick, 

 not prehensile, rounded at the end ; subcaudals single. 



West Africa. 



1. Calabaria reinhardti. 



Eryx reinhardtii, Schleg. Bijdr. tot de Dierk. i. p. 2, pi. • — (1848) ; 



Fisch. Verh. nat. Ver. Hamh. (2) iii. 1879, p. 91, pi. iii. figs. 1-6. 

 CalaJjaria fusca, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 155, pi. xiv. ; Giinth. 



Cat. Col. Sn. p. 280 (1858) ; F. Milll. Verh. nat. Ges. Basel, vii. 



1885, p. 675. 

 Rhoptrura reinhardti, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1858, p. 340. 

 petiti, Saunage, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1884, p. 202, pi. vi. 



fig. 4. 



Rostral as deep as broad, cxtendiijg to the upper surface of the 

 snout, separated from the frontal by three pairs of transverse 

 shields ; frontal broader than long, as long as or a little shorter 

 than its distance from the rostral, followed by an equally long or 

 shorter parietal ; two supraoculars ; a loreal ; one or two prae- and 

 one or two postoculars ; eight upper labials, fourth or third and 

 fourth entering the eye. Scales in 29 to 32 rows. Veutrals 221-239 ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 20-28. lleddish or purplish brown above, 

 with more or less numerous irregularly scattered yellowish spots. 



Total length 860 milUm. ; tail 65. 



West Africa, from Liberia to the Congo. 



a. Ad. (V. 223 ; C. 20). Old Calabar. (Typo of C. fusca.) 



b-c. Ad. (V. 227, 224 ; Cameroous. Rev. J. I'iDnock 

 C. 25, 25). [C.]. 



d. Ad. (V. 230; C. 24). Cameroons. 



e. Ilgr. (V. 224 ; C. 24). Fernando Po. Zoolog. Society. 

 /. Ad. (V. 233 ; C. 23). Gaboon. Dr. J. G. Fischer. 

 g. Ad. (V. 221 ; C. 21). W. Africa. 



