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a. Adult. Coast of Guinea. 



h. Adult. W. Africa. From Mr. Raddon's Collection. 



c. Adult. W. Africa. From Mr. Raddon's Collection. 



2. Hapsidophrys cceruleus. 



Fischer, I. c. f. 6a, 66. 



Anal bifid ; two or three temporal shields ; two posterior ocu- 

 lars; above bluish green; beneath yellowish green. West 

 Africa. 



Fischer mentions the teeth as equal, but I found in the best- 

 preserved of our specimens the dentition as above stated. 



3. Chrysopelea, Boie. 



Body and tail very elongate and slender ; head depressed, snout 

 rather obtuse ; nostril between two shields ; pupil round ; upper 

 labials narrow; scales not much elongated, rhombic; ventral 

 plates appearing to be formed out of three pieces, one medial and 

 two laterals, the latter raised on the sides, erect (in Ch. preeornata, 

 ventral keels more obsolete) ; subcaudal plates two-rowed ; pos- 

 terior maxillary teeth longer and furrowed, anterior nearly equal 

 in length. India ; Western Africa. 



Chrysopelea, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 520; Wagler, Nat. Syst. der 

 Amph. p. 188 ; Dum. Sf- Bihr. viii. p. 1040, Dendrophis, sp., 

 Reinw., Schleg., Filippi. Dipsas, sp.. Gray, Ind. ZooL Coluber, 

 sp., Natrix, sp., auct. prior. 



1. Chrysopelea rhodopleuron. 



Seba, i. 109. 1 ; Russell, i. t. 31, bad. Dendrophis rhodo- 

 pleuron, Reinw.; Schleg. Ess. t. 11. f. 11-13. Coluber tristis, 

 Daud. Rept, vi. 430. Coluber scandens, Schneider in Lacep. 

 JJebers. v. Bechstein, iv. t. 45. f. 2; Merr. Tent. p. 129. Dendro- 

 phis tristis, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 542. Chrysopelea rhodopleuron, 

 Boie, I. c. p. 547 ; Dum. ^ Bihr. vii. p. 1045. 



Scales keeled. Ground colour purple, red-brown or blackish, 

 sometimes with some irregular black spots on the sides of neck, 

 or with black-edged scales. 



a. Adult: not good state. Ambo)Tia. From the Ley den Museum. 



2. Chrysopelea rubescens. 



Dipsas rubescens. Gray, Ind. Zool. pi. f. 2. 



Scales smooth, in fifteen rows ; upper labials nine, fourth, fifth 



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