228 COLUBRIDiE. 



<?. 2 (V. 137 ; C. 55). Monbuttu, Upper Dr. Emin Pasha [P.]. 



Congo. 



e. Yg. (V. 135 ; C. 69). Congo. 



/". Hgr. (? (V. 143; Gold Coast. H. H. Evans, Esq. 



0. 85). (Type of C. dumerilii.) 



g. $ (V. 136 ; C. ?). Gaboon. 



h-i. c? (V. 136, 146 ; Coast of Zanzibar. 



C. ?, 84). 



k. ? (V. 139 ; C. ?). Zambesi Expedition. Sir .1. Kirk [C.]. 



/. S (V. 144; C. 65). QueUimane. Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 



m,n. $ (V. 145, 149; Africa. 



C.?,?). 



28. Tropidonotus pygseus. 



Contia pygasa, Cope, Pruc. Ac. Philad. 1871, p. 223 ; Garm. N. A7n. 

 Repf. p. 93, pi. vii. fig. 5 (1883). 



Eye moderate. Rostral much broader than deep, visible from 

 above ; nasal semidivided ; internasals small and subtriangular, 

 truncate in front ; frontal a little shorter than the prfefrontals, once 

 and two thirds to once and three fourths as long as broad, longer 

 than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 

 parietals ; loreal as long as deep or deeper than long ; one prae- and 

 two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2; eight upper labials, fourth and 

 fifth, or third, fourth, and fifth, entering the eye ; five lower labials 

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

 than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows, smooth, faintly keeled on 

 the tail. Ventrals 120-133; anal divided; subcaudals 35-54. 

 Black above, with a very faint pale line along the centre of each 

 scale of several lateral series ; the lines more distinct near the vent 

 and on the tail ; beneath pale, posterior half of body and tail red, 

 each ventral shield with a short black cross bar on the anterior 

 margin. 



Total length 300 millim. ; tail 50. 



North Carolina to Florida. 



a-h. 5 (V. 121, 123 ; Lake Kerr, Florida. A. Erwin Brown, Esq. 

 C. 40, 38). [P.]. 



29. Tropidonotus punctulatus. (Plate XIV. fig. 2.) 



Tropidonotus punctulatus, Gilnth. Cat. p. 247 (1858), and Ann. ^■ 

 Mag. N. H. (4) i. 1868, p. 420, ayid Zuol. Bee. 1870, p. 74 ; Theub. 

 Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 173 (1876) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rent. 

 p. 350 (^890). 



Fowlea peguensis, Theoh. Cat. Rept. As. Soc. Mus. p. 57 (1868). 



Eye rather small, llostral broader than deep, visible from above, 

 forming a narrow suture with the internasals, which are much 

 narrowed anteriorly and nearly as long as the prfefrontals ; frontal 

 nearly twice as long as broad, longer than its distance from the end 



