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Dr. Smith's Contributions io the 



silght shade of very pale brownish red ; upper lip dusky white ; 

 taiT mottled dusky greenish black and reddish white, and with 

 a metallic lustre; scales somewhat six-sided and disposed in 

 oblique transverse rows. Abdominal plates 170. Subcaudal 

 scales 64 pairs. Length of body 17 inches, length of tail 4| 

 inches, The body increases but little in thickness towards the 

 middle; the tail tapers to a point. Inhabits dump and retired 

 situations throughout South Africa. 



Lycodon Capcnsis. 



L. tupra sub-brunneus aut virido-brunnevs, apicibus squam- 

 arum utbis; infra Jiavo-albus. 



Back and sides imperfect brown or greenish brown, most of 

 the scales, particularly in young specimens, narrowly tipt with 

 pure white; belly ft shining yellowhli whito; \ww\ ninth (h 1 .- 

 preised, and iho'hliul liottd wider thait jUhel i 1 "' ftfl h il » bod/i 

 the latter ueurly of equal thickness ; the tail three-sided and 

 tapering to a point ; eyes small ; pupils circular. 



In young' specimens the color of the back and sides is black- 

 ish green with a tinge of purple. Abdominal plates 129, the 

 extremities of each plate with a pure white spot. Subcaudal 

 scales 37 pairs. Length of body seventeen inches, length of 

 tail two inches and a half. I have only met with two examples 

 of this spertes, the one near Cape Town and the other close to 

 Port Elizabeth. 



Classis, AMPHIBIA. 



Ordo, BATRACHIA. 



Fam. RANIAD.E. 



Genus, TREMEROPUGUS. 



Figura oblongo-ovata, .de- 

 pressa. 



Caput, corpore confusum ; 

 maxilla ultra mandibulam ex- 

 tensa et serie dentium setace- 

 orum armata; mandibula sine 

 dentibus. Oris rictus medio- 

 cris. Oculi parvi horizontals 

 et versus apicem capitis. 



Dorsum et latera convexa. 



JSxtrcmitales anteriores gra- 

 eiles, <juatuor digitis libris, cy- 

 liodracris bttenuatis, tine un- 



Figure oblong-ovate, and de- 

 pressed. 



Bead confounded with the 

 body ; upper jaw longer than 

 the lower, and furnished with 

 a single row of setaceous teeth ; 

 lower jaw toothless; gape mo- 

 derate. 



Back and sides convex. 



Fore legs slender, short, and 

 with four cylindrical attenuated 

 free toes; hinder •legs "long, 

 muscular, and with five com- 



