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Rostral broader than deep, visible from above ; suture between 

 the internasals a little shorter than or nearly as long as that 

 bet \\cfti tin- praefrontals ; frontal once and a half to twice as long 

 as broad, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, as long 

 as the parietals, once and a half to once and two thirds as broad 

 as the supraocular ; nostril in the anterior half of the nasal, which 

 is never in contact with the pracocular ; a small square loreal usually 

 present ; one prae- and two (rarely one) postoculars ; temporals 1 -f- 2 ; 

 six upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; two pairs of 

 chin-shields in contact with each other, the anterior in contact with 

 three or four labials. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 115-144; anal 

 entire ; Bubcaudals 21-46. Coloration very variable ; belly and 

 lower surface of tail uniform yellowish in the middle and greyish 

 on the sides, usually with a regular lateral series of black dots. 



Total length 3 ( JO millim. ; tail 65. 



South Africa. 



A. Pale brown or yellowish above, with a vertebral series of black 

 dots ; greyish olive or plumbeous on the sides, which are 

 limited above by a series of black dots ; lateral ventral dots 

 large. 



a-e. c? (V. 122, 127 ; C.3o, S. Africa. Sir J. Macgrigor [P.]. 



40), hgr. (V. 127, 127; 



C. 34,33), &yg. (V.I 19; 



C. 31). 

 f-g. $ (V. 184, 126 ; C. 28, S. Africa. 



33). 



A. ^ t skeleton. . S. Africa. 



B. Reddish brown above, blackish olive on the sides, greyish 



towards the belly ; a fine black vertebral line f. lateral ventral 

 dots large. 



f. $ (V. 126; C. 27). S.Africa. 



C. Like the preceding, but the vertebral line and the ventral dots 



indistinct. 



k. $ (V. 118; C. 37). Port Natal. Mr. T. Ayres [C.]. 



D. Uniform olive-brown above, passing to greyish on the sides ; the 



lateral ventral dots very small. 



/. rf(V. 116; C. 46). S. Africa. 



E. Reddish brown or brick-red above, grey on the sides ; lateral 



ventral dots well marked. 



m. (J (V. 118 ; C. 42). S. Africa. 



n. $ (V. 128; C. 37). Port Elizabeth. Mr. J. L. Drege [P.]. 



