334 COLUBRID^. 



t-K. 2 (V. 230, 22o ; C. 49, 48). Orange River. Dr. Kannemeyer 



[P.l. 



X. Yg. (V. 219; C. 52). Near Grahamstown. Rev." G. II. R. 



Fisk [P.]. 



fx. 2 (V. 217; C. 50). Port Natal. Mr. T. Avres [C.]. 



V. cS (V. 209; C. 60). Natal. E. Howlett, Esq. 



[P.]. 



f 2(V. 225; C..P). Port Elizabeth. Mr. J. L. Drege 



[P.]. 



D. Scales in 31 rows. 



o. 2 (V. 232 ; C. 55). Taveta, E. Africa. Keith Anstruther, 



Esq. [P.]. 



TT. Hgr. 2 (V. 216; C. 62). Coast of Guinea. 



p. 2 (V.230; C.52). Ashantee. 



0-. Hgr. 2 (V. 218; 0. 47). Sierra Leone. 



T. Hgr. c? (V. 202 ; C. 02). Congo. 



i-. 5 (\.220; C.52.) Pungo Andongo. Dr. Welwitsch 



[P.]. 



<^. 2 (V. 221; C. 53). Cape of Go. id Hope. Chatham Mus. 



X. $ (V. 225 ; 0. 49). King William's J. P. M. Weale, 



Town. Esq. [P.]. 



7. Boodon fuliginosus. 



Lycodon fuliginosus, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 551. 



unicolor {non Boie), Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p 112 (1837). 



Bofedon unicolor. Dam. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 359 (1854) ; Gi'mth. Cat. 



p. 199 (1858) ; A. Dtm. Arch. Mus. x. 1859, p. 194, pi. xvii. 



iig. 1 ; Jan, Icon. Gen. 30, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1870) ; Boetfc/. Abh. Senck. 



Ges. xii. 1881, p. 398. 

 Boodon fuliginosus, Bonleng. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xii. 1891, p. 15. 



Eye rather small. Rostral broader than deep, just visible from 

 above ; internasals shorter than the pra3frontals ; frontal once and 

 a half to once and two thirds as long as broad, as long as its dis- 

 tance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietais : loreal at 

 least twice as long as deep ; one or two prteoculars, in contact with 

 the frontal; two postoculars ; temporals 1-|- 2, rarely 2 -f- 2 ; eight 

 or nine upper labials, two or three of which enter the ej^e ; three 

 or four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which 

 are as long as or a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 27 to 

 31 rows. Ventrals 205-237; anal entire; subcaudals 47-07. 

 Uniform blackish brown above, whitish interiorly. 



Total length S50 millim. ; tail 100. 



Soudan. 



n. Yg. (Sc. 31 ; V. 214 ; C. 04). Cape Yubi. Fischer Collection. 



h. 6 (Sc. 31; V. 221; C. 50). Semniio. Hr. F. Bohndoiif 



[C.]. 



c. e (Sc. 27: V. 205; C. 62). W. Africa. 



d. Hgr.(Sc. 29 ; V. 224 ; C. 47). Africa. Prof. Grant [P.]. 



e. $ (Sc. 31 ; V. 237 ; C. 49 j. Africa. 



