COLUBRIDJE. 



d. Yg. (Sc. 25 ; V. 185 ; Matabele-land. C. Beddington, Esq. 



C.S9). [P.]. 



e-f. rf (Sc. 25 ; V. 193, S. Africa. 



'188; C. 67, 04). 



B. A dorsal series of large squarish or rhoniboidal dark spots, 

 separated by light intervals, alternating with a lateral series 

 of spots or cross bars ; belly spotted or dotted only at the sides. 

 (C. scaber, L.) 



a. $ (Sc. 27 ; V. 221 ; C. Capeof Good Hope. II.M.S. Herald.' 

 48). 



b. 2 (Sc. 27 ; V. 214 ; C. Cape of Good Hope. 

 41). 



c. Yg. (Sc. 23 ; V. 208 ; S. Africa. 

 C 00). 



d. $ (Sc. 27 ; V. 237 ; C. Zomba, Brit. C. 

 54). Africa. 



e-ff. rf (Sc. 25; V. 210; Zanzibar. 



C. 73) & $ (Sc.25,27; 



V. 225, 229 ; C. CO, 58). 

 h. Yg. (Sc. 25 ; V. 233 ; Kilimanjaro. 



C. 59>. 

 t. Yg. (Sc. 23; V. 214; Wadelai. 



C. 68). 

 A-. llgr. d (Sc. 25 ; V. Kithu-Uri, E. 



201 ; C. 53). Kikuyn. 



/. Y r g. (Sc. 23 ; V. 209 ; W. Africa. 



C. 67). 

 m. rf (Sc. 23 ; V. 226 ; Old Calabar. 



C. 89). 

 n. $ skeleton. E. Kikuyu. 



Loyden Museum. 



11. H. Johnston, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 



F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Dr. Emin Pasha [P.]. 



Dr. J. W. Gregory [P.]. 

 Mr. Rich [C.]. 

 R. Logan, Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. J. W. Gregory [P.]. 



C. Pale reddish brown above, with the markings very much effaced. 

 Intermediate between 13 and F. 



a, b. $ (Sc. 25, 27 ; V. Zomba, Brit. C. 

 237, 245 ; C. 80, 79). Africa. 



H. H. Johnston, Esq. 



[P.]. 



D. Dorsal markings as in B, but ventrals edged with blackish. 



a. Yg. (Sc. 23 ; V. 242 ; Abyssinia. 

 C. 63). 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[P.]. 



E. Dorsal spots confluent with lateral ones, forming cross bands ; 



belly unspotted. (D. medici, Bianc. : D. fasciolata, Peters.) 



a. Hgr. (Sc. 25 ; V 238; Mouth of the Zam- Capt. Bedingfield [P.]. 

 C. 00). bezi. 



F. No spots or markings of any kind. (C. palmarum, Leach ; 



D. inomata, Smith.) 



a. HPT. d 1 (Sc. 23 ; V. Boma, Congo. Dr. Leach. (Type of 

 224 ; C. 74). C. palmarum.) 



b. $ (Sc. 25 ; V. 229 ; Cacuaca, Angola. Dr. Welwitsch [C.]. 



c. Hgr.' rf (Sc. 25; V. Natal. E. Hewlett, Esq. [P.]. 

 233; C. 85). 



