152 REPTILES. 



2. AHiETULLA IRREGULARIS. 



Coluber irregularis, Leach, in Bowdich, Ashaniee, App. p. 494. 

 Dendrophis chenonii, Reinhardt, Kongl. Danske Afhandl. x. t. 1. 

 f. 13, 14. Dendrophis albo-variata. Smith, III. of S. Afr. pi. 64. 



f. 3, 3«, 36, pi. Qb. Leptophis chenonii. Bum. 8f Bibr. vii. p. 545. 



Head not much elongate, not depressed ; above bluish green, 

 scales on the outer edge white, beneath pale ; scales smooth, in 

 fifteen rows ; anal bifid. 



a. Adult. Fantee (Africa). Presented by T. E, Bowdich, 



Esq. Original specimen of Dr. Leach's description. 



b. Young. Gold Coast. Presented by W. F. Evans, Esq. Co- 



loured like Dendrophis semivariegata. Smith, I. c. pi. 60. 



c. Adult. Gambia. Presented by J. Mitchell, Esq. 



d. Adult : injured. West Africa. From Mr. Rich's Collection. 



e. Adult. West Africa. From Mr. Rich's Collection. 

 /. Adult. West Afi-ica. From Mr. Rich's Collection. 



g. Adult. West Africa. 



h, i. Foetus in a bad state. West Africa. Presented by Mr. 



Raddon. 

 Jc. Adult : not good state. South Africa. 

 I. Adult. South Africa. 

 m, n. Half-grown. Cape of Good Hope. From Mr. Argent's 



Collection. 

 0. Adult female. Africa. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 

 p. Adult : very bad state. Africa. From the Berlin Museum 



as Col. krebsii. 

 q, r. Adult. Africa. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 

 s. Adult. Africa. From the Haslar Collection. 

 t. Nearly adult : injured. Africa. 

 u. Nearly adult. Africa. 



V. Half-grown. Africa. From the Leyden Museum. 

 w. Half-grown : head injured. Africa. From Mr. Argent's 



Collection. 

 X, y. Half-grown. Africa. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 

 z. Adult. Africa. From the Collection of the Zoological Society, 

 a. Adult. Port Natal. Presented by the Rev. H. Calloway. 



Var. Dendrophis natalensis. Smith, I. c. pi. 64. Only two 

 large temporal shields. — The size of the eye appears to be liable 

 to some variation : specimens belonging to Smith's D. albo- 

 variata are sometimes provided with larger eyes, as those of his 

 JD. natalensis have sometimes smaller ones. 



/3. Adult. Port Natal. Presented by the Rev. H. Calloway. 



y, S. Adult : injured. Africa. 



6. Adult. Africa. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 



