66. CHLOBOPHI8. 93 



nearly twice as long as deep ; one prseocular, usually not touching 

 the frontal; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 or 1-f 1 ; nine upper 

 labials, fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the eye ; five lower labials 

 in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are a little shorter 

 than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals rounded, 155- 

 190; anal divided; subi-audals 111-122. Green above, the inter- 

 stitial skin black; some of the scales with a white spot on the basal 

 half of the outer margin. 



Total length 720 millim. ; tail 250. 



Eastern Central Africa. 



a. c? (V. 155; C. 111). Monbuttu. Dr. Emin Pasha [P.]. 



(Type.) 



b-c. Yg. (V. 190, 183 ; C. 500 miles south of Consul J. Petherick [C.]. 

 121, 1-2-2). Chartoum. 



2. Chlorophis ornatus. 



Philothamnus ornatus, Bocage, Jam. Sc. Lisb. ii. 1872, p. 80, & ix. 

 1882, p. 16, tig. 



Internasals shorter than the pnefrontals ; frontal with straight 

 lateral borders, once and a half as long as broad, shorter than the 

 parietals; loreal longer than deep ; one praeocular, in contact with 

 the frontal ; two postoculars ; temporals 1 -f- 1 ; eight upper labials, 

 third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye. Scales in 15 rows. 

 Vuntrals rounded, 152-166 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 85-99. 

 Bronzy green above, with a brown vertebral stripe edged with 

 yellowish ; yellowish or pale green beneath. 



Total length 710 millim. ; tail 200. 



Guinea ; Angola. 



3. Chlorophis hoplogaster. (PLATE V. fig. 2.) 



Ahaetulla hoplogaster, G'unth. Ann. fy Mag. N. H. (3) xi. 1863, 



p. 284; Bouleng. Faun. 2nd., Kept. p. 305 (18$X)). 

 Chlorophis oldhami, Theob. Cat. Kept. As. Soc. Mus. p. 49 (1868). 

 Cyclophis oldhami, Theob. Cat. Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 159 (1876). 

 Philothamnus hoplogaster, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. ix. 1882, p. 17. 



Rostral hroader than deep, the portion visible from above measur- 

 ing one third to two fifths its distance from the frontal ; internasals 

 as long as or a little shorter than the pnefrontals ; frontal once 

 and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end 

 of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal once and 

 two thirds to twice as long as deep ; one praeocular, not touching 

 the frontal; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1 or 1 + 2; eight upper 

 labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; five lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the 

 posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals rounded, without trace of 

 a keel, 150-169; anal divided; subcaudals 85-105. Uniform 

 green or olive above, greenish yellow interiorly. 



Total length 700 millim. ; tail 220. 



Central and South Africa. 



