374 COLUBKID^. 



j)ale brown, -with dark browu white-edged spots forming four longi- 

 tudinal series ; sometimes a darker vertebral line ; lower parts 

 yellowish or purplish brown, uniform or spotted with black. Adult 

 very variable in colour, brown or reddish, with more or less distinct 

 spots, often uniform dark brown or black. 



Total length 1700 millim. ; tail 25U. 



tSouth Africa. 



A. Pale brown above. 



a-c. 2 (Sc. 29 ; V. 212 ; C. 58), Cape of Good Dr. Lee [P.]. 



hgr. (So. 29 ; ■ V. 189 ; C. 50), Hope. 

 &vg. (Sc.29; V. 183; C.69). 



d. Yg. (Sc. 27 ; V. 205 ; C. 55). Cape Cook. 



e. S (Sc. 31 ; V. 190 ; C. 70). S. Africa. Capt. H. C. St. John 



LP-]- 



/•. cJ (Sc. 27; V. 187; C. 62). S. Africa. Mr. J. Abrahams TP.]. 



V. Yg, (Sc. 29; V. 189; C. 70). S. Africa. Mr. A. Thomson [P.]. 



'h. r? (Sc. 29; V. 183 ; C. 58). S. Africa. 



i. Yg. (Sc. 31 ; Y. 189; C. 63). S. Africa. (One of the tvpes of 



C pliocarum.) 



B. Dark brown or black. 



/,-. S (Sc. 27; V. 185; C. 66). Simon'sBay. H.M.S. 'Challenger.' 

 /. Hgr. (Sc. 31; Y. 199; C.51). Cape Town. liev. G. H. K. Fisk 



[P.]. 

 m. 2 (Sc. 31 ; Y. 209 ; C. 54). Rohhen Isl. Rev. G. II. II. Fisk ) 



[P.]- I 



j/^o. c? (Sc. 31,31 ; Y. 175,184; S.Africa. College of Sur- f 



C. 65, 61). geous. J 



(Tvpes of C. 7j7/ofr/r«wi.) 

 ;>. c? (Sc. 27; Y. 184; C. 70). S. Africa. 'lla.slar Collection. 



C. Osteological specimens. 



q. Ad., skel. S. Africa. 



r. Skull. S. Alrica'. 



53. ZAOCYS. 



Coryphodon, part., flilnth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 107 (1858) ; Ja7), Ehnco 



sist. Ofid. p. 63 (1863). 

 Zaocvs, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 563 ; Gimih. Itept. Brit. Ind. 



p. 255 (1864) ; Bouhiuj. Faun, hid., liept. p. 329 (1890). 

 Herpetodryas, part., Ja7i, I. c. p. 80. 

 Zapyrus, Gimth. Bept. Brit. Ind. p. 256. 



Maxillary teeth 20 to 33, increasing in size posteriorly ; mandi- 

 Vtular teeth subequal. Head elongate, distinct from neck ; eye 

 large, with round pupil ; a subocular beneath the pncocular. Body 

 elongate, a little compressed ; scales smooth or keeled, with apical 

 ])its, in 14, IG, or 18 rows; ventrals roituded. Tail long; sub- 

 caudals in two rows. 



South-eastern Asia. 



