26 REPTILES. 
Brown, with angular cross-band, edged behind by a pale line; 
nose with a red cross-band across the eyes; chin and beneath paler. 
a—d, Stuffed. Adult. Cape of Good Hope. 
3. The Wesr-ArricaN Purr AppEr. Clotho lateristriga, Gray, 
Zool. Mise. 69. 
Gray-brown, black spotted, with black-edged, white, angular 
bands across the back, and spots on the tail, with a broad, longitu- 
dinal pale streak on each side the neck, bent up behind, and forming 
the first band on the front of the back: head black-spotted, two 
black spots on the crown and a black streak from the back angle of 
each eye to the gape. 
a. Stuffed. Adult. Gambia. Purchased of Mr. Randall. 
4. The Bere AppEer. Clotho Atropos, Gray, Zool. Mise. 69. 
Col. Atropos, Linn. Mus. Adolph. Fred. 1, 22, t. 13, f. 1. Cobra 
Atropos, Laur. Rept. 104. Vipera montana, A. Smith, Edinb. 
Phil. Journ. i. 284. V. Atropos, Latr. Rept. iii. 334. Daud. 
Rept. vi. 210. V. Echidna Atropos, Merrem, Tent.152. A. Smith, 
Tilust. Zool. S. Africa, Rept. t. 52, adult. Echidna Atropos, Wagler, 
Amph.177. Berg Adder, Cape Colonists, var. ? Vipera Echidna 
Atropoides, A. Smith, Illust. Zool. S. A. Rept. t. 53 Clotho? 
Atropoides, Gray, Zool. Misc. 69. 
Olive-gray ; back with two series of dark square spots on each 
side of the vertebral line; sides darker marbled: the first, second 
and third lower labial scales high, elongate; the rest moderate, 
mostly square. 
a. In spirits. Half grown. South Africa? From Sir H. Sloane’s 
collection. 
b. In spirits. Half grown. South Africa. Presented by the 
Earl of Derby. 
c. In spirits. Young. S. Africa. 
d. In spirits. Adult. S. Africa. From Mr. Brandt's collection. 
5. The Piatn Bera AppER. Clotho? inornata. Vipera inor- 
nata, A. Smith, Edinb. Journ.i.7. Echidna inornata, A. Smith, 
Illust. Zool. S. Africa, Rept. t. 4. 
Yellowish brown ; beneath brownish yellow, sparingly sprinkled 
with brownish dots; tail olive, brown varied; head oblong, cordi- 
form; eyebrows considerably elevated. 
Inhab. S. Africa. Snow Mountains or Sneebergen, J. Lieb, 
Esq. In the collection of Dr. A. Smith. 
