45. LYCOl'IIIDIUM. 3,'}9 



4. Lycophidium semiannulis. 



r,yoophidion semiaimulis, Peters, Man. Bed. Ac. 18o4, p. 022 ; 

 Gilnth. Cat. p. li)7 (1858); Pders, Iteise n. Mossa:nb. iii, p. 135, 

 pi. xvi. fig. 2 (1882). 



Appears to agree very closely with L. capense, but the ventraJs 

 are luiich fewer, viz. 140. Subcaudals 30. Greyish blue or 

 purplish above, with irregular black cross bars ; snout and sides of 

 head yellowish, speckled with black ; blackish browa beneath, the 

 shields edged with yellowish. 



Total length 2(50 millim. ; tail 38. 



Tette, Mozambique. 



5. Lycophidium capense. 



Lycodon capeusis, Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. (1) no. 5, 18:51, 



p. 18, and III. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. pi. v. (IB^S). 

 horstokii, part., Schley. Phys. Serp. ii. p. Ill, pi. iv. figs. 10 & 



11 {18.'>7). 

 Lycophidium horsitnkii, Dum. Sr I)i/>r. vii. p. 412 (1854). 

 ]..vcophidion horstockii, part., Giaith. Cat. p. 197 (1858j, and Ann. 



6) May. N. H. (4) i. 18G8, p. 427. 

 capense, A. Bum. Arch, du Mus. x. 1859, p. 197 ; Peters, 



Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 134 (1882). 

 Lycophidium capense, mut. multimaculata, Boetty. Ber. Senck. Ges. 



'1888, p. 67. 



DiatQeter of the eye greater than its distance from the mouth, 

 llostral twice as broad as deep, just visible from above ; internasals 

 about as large as the nasals ; pncfrontals as long as broad or a little 

 longer ; frontal as long as broad or a little longer, a little shorter 

 than its distance from the end of the suout, much shorter than the 

 parietals ; loreal longer than deep : proeocular as large as or a little 

 larger than the supraocular, broadly in contact with the frontal ; 

 two postoculars, both in contact with the parietal ; temporals 1+2 ; 

 eight upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye, seventli 

 largest ; chin-shields very small, the anterior in contact with four 

 or five lower labials. Scales in 17 rows. Yentrals 104-192; anal 

 entire ; subcaudals 30-45. Brown, purplish, or olive above ; sides 

 of head speckled or vermiculate with whitish. 



Total length 450 millim. ; tail 45. 



Africa south of the Equator. 



A. Brown or dark purple above, the lateral scales tipped with 

 whitish ; lower parts whitish. (Z-. capense, Smith.) 



a. $ (V. 188 ; C. 39). Cape of Good Hope. 



h. 6 (V. 180; C. 38). Port Elizabeth. J. P. M. Weale, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 r. $ (V. 189: C. 32). Port EHzabeth. J. M. Leslie, Esq 



[P.]. 

 d. 2 (V. 190; C. 30). Port Natal. Mr. T. Ayres [P.]. 



c. Vg. (V. 179; C. 45). Zanzibar. Sir J. Kirk [CI. ' 



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