374 Mr. G. A. Boiilenger on Snakes from NatiL 



78. Platyglossus hortulanus, Lacdp. 



79. opercidariSf Gthr. 



80. trimaculatus, Q. & G. 



81. notopsis, K. & V. H. 



82. nigroinaculatuSj Gthr. 



83. Julis amhhjceplialvLS^ Blkr. 

 84. urahrostigma^ Riipp. 



85. dorsalis, Q. & G. 



86. Gomphosus variua, Lacdp. 



87. Coris Greenoughii^ Gtlir. 



88. Fierasfer Ilomei, Richards. 



89. gracilis, Blkr. 



90. parvipinnis, Kaup. 



91. Belone depressa, Gthr. 



92. Ophichthys colubrinuSj Bodd. 



93. Murccna Petelli, Blkr. 



94. jinihriata, Benn. 



95. undulataj Lacep. 



96. jlavomarginata, Riipp. 



97. Gymnomurcena marmorata, Lacc;[). 



98. Doryichthys scidptus, Gthr. 



99. excisus, Kaup. 



100. Balistes aculeatus, L. 



101. rectangulus, Bl. Schii. 



102. undulatusy Mungo Park. 



103. ]\Lonaca7ithns scopas, Ouv. 

 104. longirostris, 151. Schii. 



105. melanocepJuiluSj Blkr. 



106. Tetrodon papua, Blkr. 



107. Valentini, Blkr. 



108. Ostracion cuhicus, L. 



XLIIL- — On some Uttle-lcnown Snakes from Natal. 

 By G. A. BOULENGEE, F.R.S. 



I AM indebted to Mr. Queckett, Curator of the Darban 

 Museum, for an opportunity of examining a large collection 

 of Snakes from the neighbourhood of Durban, comprising 

 examples of several little-known species upon which it is 

 deemed advisable to offer some remarks. 



Simoceplialas capensis^ Smith. 



A fine male specimen, measuring 1210 millim, ; tail 165. 

 Frontal slightly longer than broad, four fifths the length of 



