"Jlftl C0LUBRrn.I5. 



15. With yellowish dorsal spots. (Var. alhomaculata, Steind.) 



be. $ (V. 200; C. 38) Gambia. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



&yg.(V.202;C.38). 



C. Uniform black. 

 d. 2 (V. 208: C. 42). W. Africa. Mr. Fraser [C.]. 



9. Lycophidium abyssinicum. (Plate XXII. fig. 1.) 



Diameter of the eye greater than its distance from the mouth. 

 Kostral but little broader than deep, just visible from above ; iuter- 

 nasals a little larger than the nasals ; prajfrontals as broad as long ; 

 frontal slightly longer than broad, as long as its distance from the 

 rostral, shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; prae- 

 ocular 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, seventh largest ; chin-shields very small, anterior in contact 

 with five hibials. Scales in 17 rows. Yentrals 20G ; anal entire ; 

 subcaudals 33. Purplish brown above and beneath, the shields and 

 scales edged with white. 



Total length 200 millim. ; tail 20. 



Abyssinia. 



a. Ilgr. (V. 206; C. 33). S. Abyssinia. 



10. Lycophidium fasciatum. (Plate XXII. fig. 2.) 



Alopecion fasciatum, Giinth. Cat. p. lOG (1858). 

 Lycophidium irroratum, part., G'unth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (4) i. 

 '18U8, p. 426. 



Diameter of the eye much greater than its distance from the 

 mouth. Ilostral twice as broad as deep, visible from above ; intcr- 

 nasals at least as large as the nasals, one half to two fifths the 

 length of the prajfroutals, which are broader than long ; frontal as 

 long as broad or broader than long, as long as or a little shorter 

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

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

 smaller than the supraocular, forming a short suture with the frontal ; 

 seven upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye, sixth 

 largest ; anterior chin-shields longer and wider than the posterior, 

 and in contact with four or five lower labials. Scales in 17 rows. 

 Ventrals 180-198 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 34-56. Brown above, 

 with black cross bars or alternating transverse spots ; lower parts 

 dark brown, the shields edged with whitish. 



Total length 350 millim. ; tail GO. 



Guinea. 



a. 2 (V. 185 ; C. 34). W. Africa. Mr. Eich [C.]. (Type.) 



h. Hgr. S (V. 180; C. 42). Sierra Leone. 



