32 REPTILES. 



Serp. p. 668 ; Lacep. Quadr. Ovip. Serp. ii. p. 212; Bonnat. 

 Ophiol. pi. 16. f. 24. Coluber rhorabeatus and C. tigrinus, Gmel. 

 Syst. Nat. pp. 1099, 1113. Coronella rhombeata, Boie, his, 

 1827, p. 539; Schleg. Ess. pi. 2. f. 14, 1 5. Coelopeltis rhorabeata, 

 Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 189, and Icon. 1. 32. Psammophylax 

 rhombeatus, Fitz. Syst. Rept. p. 26. Tiimerorhinus rhombeatus. 

 Smith, III. of S. Afr. pi. 56 (Schaap-sticker). Dipsas rhombeata, 

 Dum. df Bibr. vii. p. 1154. 



Grey or yellowish brown, with three or four longitudinal rows 

 of ovate or rhomboid, dusky, black-edged blotches. 



a, b. Adult. Cape of Good Hope. From the Haslar Col- 

 lection. 



c. Adult. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Mr. Ford. 



d. Adult. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by the Earl of 



Derby. 



e. Adult : head injui-ed. Cape of Good Hope. 



/. Adult. Cape of Good Hope. From the Berlin Museum. 

 y, h. Half-grown. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Captain 



Ashburne. 

 i. Half-grown. Cape of Good Hope. 

 k. Half-grown : injured. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by 



Dr. Lee. 

 I. Young: head injured. Cape of Good Hope, 

 m. Young. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by the Earl of 



Derby. 

 n-p. Young : bad state. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by 



Mr. Wing. 

 p'. Young : bad state. Cape of Good Hope. 

 q. Adult. South Africa, 

 r, s. Adult and half-grown. South Africa. 

 t. Adult. South Africa. 



u-tv. Adult. South Africa. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 

 X. Adult. South Africa. Old Collection. 

 y. Adult. South Africa. 



z, a. Adult. South Africa. From the Haslar Collection. 

 /3, y. Adult. South Africa. From the Haslar Collection. 

 8. Adult. South Africa. From the Haslar Collection, 

 e. Adult. South Africa. From the Haslar Collection. 

 r). Adult. South Africa. From the Haslar Collection. 

 0, C. Adult. South Africa. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 

 L. Adult. South Africa. Presented by Sir J. Macgrigor. 

 K. Half-grown. South Africa. From the Haslar Collection 

 X. Half-grown. South Africa. 

 ju. Half-grown. South Africa. (Belly red.) 

 V. Half-grown. South Africa. 



