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seen were a male and female in the possession of W.Gill. Esq. 

 to whose liberality 1 am indebted lor the opportunity of describ- 

 ing the species, and in honor of whom it is named. 



Fam. CAME LION I D;E. 



Genus, CHjEMELIO. 



Ciixmelio tcpniabronchus. 



C. flavo viridis, laleribus corporis fatciis duolvs longiivdu 

 vahbus svbaurei* nolatis \ occipite su 1 acuto, subcarinalo ; gula 

 denticulata ; gulterefaciit nig r is maculalo. 



Color yellowish green with two longitudinal huff stripes along 

 each side, and lour or six smooth oblong jet black marks upon 

 the throat, which are only distinctly visible when the animal in- 

 flates ilgelf, or when the skin of the neck is otherwise distend-' 

 ed ; occiput obtysely pointed behind and above, with a slight 

 longitudinal carina near its middle, which, and the eyebrows, 

 are finely denticulated. Chin and throat with a narrow longi- 

 tudinal deniated fringe of a pure white color. Length of body 

 two inches and a half, or ot holy and tail together five inches. 

 Inhabits the neighbourhood of Algoa Bay, 



Cil/CMBLio NamaqucJisis. 



C. cincrco-nigcr ; occipite clcvala el carinata ; superciliit 



subdcnliculalis ; dorso dentato. 



Occiput elevated, arched above, strongly carinated along the 

 centre, and pointed behind ; eyebrows verv slightly denticulated ; 

 back strongly der.tated ; the apices of some of the teeth obtuse 

 and divided or lobed ; nails amber colored ; head, back, sides, 

 and lad, cinereous black, here and there with blotches of pure 

 cineieous; under parts lighter. Inhabits the western coast of 

 South Africa, near to the mouth of the Orange river. 



Ordo. SERPENTES. 

 Fam. COLUBRIDjE. 

 Genus, CORONELLA. 



CoaoNELLA Leucopilus. 



C. dorso laUribusque nigro-viridibus ; ventre flavo albo; 

 labio superior* subalbuio. 



Head broader than the neck; body somewhat four sided; 

 tail cylindrical and pointed. Color of back and sides blackish 

 green with a metallic lustre; belly a mothcr-o'pearl hue with a 



