SNAKES. : 33 
1. The Rinenatsstane. Sepedon Hemachates, Merrem, 
Tent. 146. Seba, ii. t. 58, f. 1, 3. Hemachate, Lacep. Quad. 
Ovip. ii. 115, t. 3, f. 2. Cuvier, R. A. ii. 86. Vipera Hemachates, 
Latr. Rept. iv. 30. Daud. Rept. vi. 207. Naja capensis, A. Smith, 
Edin. Phil, Journ. i. 2. Naja Hemachates, Schlegel, Phys. Serp. 
AS), taiv, 7. 10, 11. A. Smith, Til. Zool. S. Afr. Rept. t. 54, 
Ringhalsslang or Spuwslang, Colonists. 
Dark brown, yellow spotted and marbled; beneath pale, with 
broad dark cross bands. 
a. In spirits. Young. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by the 
Lords of the Admiralty. 
b. In spirits. Adult. S. Africa, Namaqua. 
8. Causus. 
Scales lanceolate; of the back slightly keeled; of the sides 
smooth, in oblique cross series: ocular scales nearly surrounding 
the eyes: pupil round: body rather flattened; back keeled: tail 
very short, strong; subcaudal plates two-rowed; tip conical, 
sheathed. 
Causus, Wagler, Syst. 172, 1830. Naja sp., Bote, Isis, 1827. 
Schlegel, P. S. 483. Sepedon sp., Licht. 
1. The Causus. Causus rhombeatus, Wagler, Syst. 172. Se- 
pedon rhombeata, Licht. Cat. Doub. 106, 1823. Naja rhombeata, 
Schlegel, Phys. Serp. 483, t. 17, f. 12,13. Naja. V-nigrum, Bote, 
Isis, 1827, 556. Coluber (Vipera) V-nigrum, Cuvier, R. A. ii. 94. 
Scheuchz. t.'771, f. 1. 
Olive: back with a series of rhombic, pale-edged, brown spots ; 
sides with oblique blackish streaks: lips brown, spotted: temporal 
streak broad, dark: crown with a broad triangular spot. 
a. In spirits. Young. South Africa. Presented by John Lee, 
LL.D 
oe, in spirits. Adult. S. Africa. From the Leyden Museum. 
d. In spirits. Young. W. Africa. 
e. In spirits. Adult. W. Africa, Gold coast. From Mr. Rich’s 
collection. 
