322 - C0LUBRIDJ5. 



the prefrontals ; frontal once and a half as long as broad, longer 

 than its distance from the end of the snout; loreal nearly thrice as 

 long as deep ; fourth and fifth upper labials entering the eye ; two 

 pairs of equal chin-shields. Scales in 23 rows. Ventrals 170 ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 54-61. Uniform brown above, brownish 

 white interiorly. 



Total length 260 millim. ; tail 45. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



a. Hgr. (V. 170 ; C. 61). Cape of Good Hope. Dr. Lee [P.J. 



3. Lamprophis fiskii. 



Lamprophis fiski, Boulencj. I'roc. Zuol. Soc. 1887, p. 398, pi. xxxiv. 



Rostral broader than deep, not visible from above; internasals 

 longer than the pra;frontals ; frontal once and one fourth as lorg 

 as broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal a little longer than deep ; one pra^ocular, 

 not touching the frontal; two postocrilars ; temporals 1 + 2 ; eight 

 upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; a single pair of 

 chin-shields, in contact with four lower labials. Scales in 23 rows. 

 Ventrals 178 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 35. Lemon-yellow on the 

 live median rows of scales, with large blackish-brown spots forming 

 a single series anteriorly, a double alternating series posteriorly ; 

 head lemon-yellow above, with symmetrical blackish-brown mark- 

 ings, viz. an oblique band on each side of the occiput, a horseshoe- 

 shaped band passing through the eyes and across the snout, and a 

 bar across the frontal ; lateral scales of body and tail brown in the 

 centre and yellowish wliite on the borders ; upper lip and lower 

 parts white. 



Total length 315 millim. ; tail 38. 



South Africa. 



a. Ilgi-. (V. 178 ; C. 35). Touw's Paver. Eev. G. H. R. Fisk [P.]. 



(Type.) 



4. Lamprophis fuscus. (Plate XX. fig. 4.) 



llostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals 

 half as long as the proefrontals ; frontal once and one third as long 

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

 as long as the parietals ; loreal a little longer than deep ; one prob- 

 and two postoculars ; temporals ]-f2; seven upper labials, third 

 and fourth entering the eye ; two pairs of very short chin-shields, 

 the anterior in contact with four lower labials. Scales in 19 rows. 

 "N'entrals 198 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 58. Uniform brown above ; 

 upper lip, two outer ro-\ss of scales, and lower parts yellowish. 



Total length 560 millim. ; tail 100. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



a. d (V. 198 ; C. 58). Cape of Good Hope. 



