in. TROPIDONOTUS. 217 



blackish ; a black collar, edged with yellow ; belly and lower .surface 

 of tail yellow, dotted with black. 



Total lengtli 3()0 millim. ; tail 75. 



S.E. Celebes. 



14. Tropidonotus fuliginoides. 



Coronella fuliginoides, (,'iinf/i. Cat. p. ;j!) (]S.j8) ; Mocqiiard, BiiU. 



!Soc. Philom. (8) i. 1889, p. Ho. 

 Meizodoii longicauda, Gimth. Aim. ^- Miuj. N. H. (.3) xii. 18G3, 



p. 352, pi. V. tig. A ; Boca(/e, Jam. Sc. Lisb. x. 1887, p. 184. 

 Coronella olivacea, part., Peters, lieise n. Mossainb. iii. p. 114(1882). 

 longicauda, Mocjuard, Bull. Sac. I'/n'loin. (7) xi. 1887, p. 69, 



Eye moderate. llostral broader than deep, just visible from 

 above ; internasals as long as broad or a little broader, a little shorter 

 than the pra'frontals ; frontal once and two thirds to twice as long 

 as broad, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep or a little deeper than 

 long: one (rarely two) pne- and three postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2; 

 eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; four lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter 

 than the posterior, t^eales smooth, in 17 rows. Ventrals llit-l;:{5 ; 

 anal usually entire ; subcaudals 75-95. Erown above, which colour 

 extends to the ends of the ventrals, usually with two light longitu- 

 dinal streaks or series of spots ; a yellow, black-edged nuchal collar ; 

 sometimes a large yellowish blotch on the parietals ; labials whitish, 

 edged with black ; ventrals yellowish, uniform or edged with black. 



Total length 410 millim. ; tail 140. 



Tropical Africa. 



rt. d (V. 127'; C. ?). W.Africa. Ilaslar Coll. I .rp . 



l>. d (V. 129; C. 83). W. Africa. Mr. Rich [C.].( '^^•^P^'^-'' 



r. Yg. (V. 126 ; C. 78). W. Africa. J. C. Salmon, Esq. [P.]. 



d. 2 (V. 134; C. 75). Ancober Kiver, Major Ikirton \: Capt. 



(toM Coast. Cameron [!'.]. 



e. Hgr. 5 (V. 132 ; C. ?). Lago.«. 



f. (S (V. 1.30; C. ?). Old Calabar. W. Logan, Esq. [P.]. 

 f/. 2 (V. 133; C. 82). Old Calabar. 



A. 2 (V. 134; C. ?). Fernando To. Dr. A. Giintlier [P.]. 



(Tvpe of M. lonyicauda.) 

 i. 2 (V. 1.36; C. 80). Fernando Po. Sir A. Smith [P.l. 



/.-. Hgr. c? (V. 123; C. P). Gaboon. H. Ansell, Esq. [P.]. 



15. Tropidonotus variegatus. 

 Mizodon variegatus, I'eters, Mon. Bvrl. Ac. 1861, p. 358. 



Closely allied to the preceding. Loreal deeper than long ; two 

 prte- and three postoculars ; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 

 entering the eye ; posterior chin-shields twice as long as anterior. 

 Scales smooth, in 15 rows. Ventrals 143; anal divided; sub- 

 caudals 76. Head dark brown, anterior jwrt of parietals lighter ; 

 sutures between the labials black ; a light nuchal collar; a blackish 



