320 COLXJBRID.E. 



1. Tetralepis fruhstorferi. 



Tetralepis fruhstorferi, Boettg. I. c. p. 12o. 



Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; suture between 

 the internasals considerably longer than that between the prae- 

 f rontals ; frontal once and one third as long as broad, slightly 

 longer than its distance from the end of the snout, considerably 

 shorter than the parietals ; nasal rather large, twice as long as 

 deep ; loreal as long as deep ; one prae- and two postoculars ; tem- 

 porals 1 + 2 or 1 + 1 + 2, anterior elongate ; four upper labials, third 

 entering the eye, fourth very long ; four lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. 

 Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 199-201 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 

 43. Dark reddish brown above, with an indistinct darker vertebral 

 line ; lower surface plumbeous or reddish grey. 



Total length 502 millim. ; tail 70. 



Tengger Mts., Java, 4000 feet. 



39. LAMPROPHIS. 



Duberria, part., Fitzing. N. Class. Ih-pt. \^. 29 (1826). 



Corouella, part., Schleg. Phijs. Serp. ii. p. 50 (1837). 



Lamprophis, part., Smith, III. 7moI. S. Aft:, Sept. (1847) ; Ditm. c^ 



Bil»-. Erp. Gm. vii. p. 427 (1854) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Plnjs. 



ii. 1863, p. 284. 

 Lamprophis, Gimth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 195 (1858) ; Cope, Proc. Ac. 



Philad. 1864, p. 168. 



Maxillary teeth small, 15 to 18, anterior longest ; anterior man- 

 dibular teeth strongly enlarged. Head small, not distinct from 



Fio-. 19. 



Maxillary and mandible of Lamprophis aurora. 



neck : eye moderate, with vertically subelliptic pupil. Body cylin- 

 drical ; scales smooth, without pits, in 19 to 23 rows ; ventrals 

 rounded. Tail short, subcaudals in two rows. Hypapophyses 

 developed throughout the vertebral column. 

 South Africa. 



Sifyiopsis of the Species. 



I. Scales in 23 rows. 

 Internasals a little shorter than the pnc- 

 frontals ; loreal a little longer than 

 deep ; two pairs of chin-shields 1. aurora, p. 321. 



