in I he Collection of the British Museum. 25 



Onychocephalus Kraussii, Jan. Old Calabar and Fernando Po. 



Purchased. 



. lalaudii, Schleg. Cape of Good Hope. Purchased, 



' Bibronii, Smith. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith. 



(Typical specimen.) 

 ■ verticalis, Smith. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith. 



(Typical specimen.) 

 — — capensis, Smith. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith. 



(Typical specimens.) 



mucruso, Ptrs. Zambesi Expedition. 



mossambicus, Ptrs. Mozambique. Purchased. 



Stenostoma cairi, B. 4' S- Thebes. Prof. Peters. 



macrolepis, Ftrs. Mexico. Purchased. 



macrorhynchum, Jan. Euphrates Expedition. 



bilineatum, D. ^ Ji. Martinique. Purchased. 



nigricans. Smith. South Africa. Sir A. Smith. (Typical 



specimens.) 



fallax, Ptrs. Peru. Prof. Nation. 



*Calamelaps unicolor, Rnhrdt. Sierra Leone. Purchased. 

 Rhabdion torquatum, B. ^ B. Borneo. Prof. Peters. 

 Hapsidophrys cseruleus, Fischer. Sierra Leone. Purchased, 

 llhagerrhis producta, Ptrs. Nubia. Prof. Peters. 

 multimaculata=Corone]la multim., <S?HeVA=Dipsina multim., 



Jan. Damara Land. Purchased. 



*Atractaspis corpulentus, Hallow. ? St. G. Mivart, Esq. 



Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus, Cantor. Formosa. Consul R. 



Swinhoe. 

 Echidna inornata. Smith. South Africa. Sir A. Smith. (Type 



of the species.) 



IL List of the new Species pi'ocured and described in the course of 

 the year 1865. 



Typhlops obtusus, Ptrs. Shire Valley. Zambesi Expedition. 



— Gilntheri, Ptrs. North AustraHa. Mr. Elsey. 



Stenostoma scutifrons, Ptrs. Benguela. Mr. Monteiro. 

 *Calamaria arcticeps. Borneo. L. L. Dillwyn, Esq.^ 

 *Ablabes flaviceps. East-Indian archipelago. Purchased. 

 *Zamenis brachyurus. Dekkan. Purchased. 

 *HerpetaBthiops Bellii. Sierra Leone. Lieut. Bell. 

 *Ahaetulla nigromarginata. Upper Amazons. Mr. Bartlett, junr. 

 *Afepidiotes melanocephalus, Krefft. « . G. Krefft, Esq. 



Hoplocephalus mastersii, Krefft. Flinders Range. G. Krefft, Esq. 

 *Atractaspis microlepidota. West Africa ? A. Giinther. 



Calamaria arcticeps. PI. VL fig. C. 



Body moderately slender ; tail short ; head narrow, elongate, 

 the frontal 3 being longer than broad, as long as the ver- 

 tical. Vertical five-sided, broader posteriorly than anteriorly, 

 the lateral edges being slightly convergent towards the front. 



