. ea: 
10. TROPIDONOTUS. 217 
blackish ; a black collar, edged with yellow ; belly and lower surface 
of tail yellow, dotted with black. 
Total length 360 millim. ; tail 7 
S.E. Celebes. 
14. Tropidonotus fuliginoides. 
Coronella fuliginoides, Giinth, Cat. p. 39 (1858); Mocquard, Bull. 
Soc, Philom, (8) i. 1889, p. 145 
Meizodon = is a Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (8) xii. 1863, 
p- 352, pl. v. fig. A; Bocage, Jorn, Sc, Lisb. x. 1887, p. 184. 
Coronella olivacea, , Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 114 (1882), 
longicauda, ocquard, Bull. Soe, Philom. (7) xi. 887, p. 69. 
Eye moderate. ostral broader than deep, just visible from 
above ; internasals as long as broad or a little broader, a little shorter 
than the prefrontals; frontal once and two thirds to twice as long 
as broad, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 
than the parietals; loreal as long as deep or a little deeper than 
long ; one (rarely two) pre- and three postoculars ; temporals 1 +2; 
eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; four lower 
labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter 
than the posterior. Scales smooth, in 17 rows. Ventrals 119-135; 
anal usually entire ; subcaudals 75-95. Brown above, which colour 
extends to the ends of the ventrals, usually with two light longitu- 
dinal streaks or series of spots ; a yellow, black-edged nuchal collar ; 
sometimes a large yellowish blotch on the parietals ; labials whitish, 
edged with black ; ventrals yellowish, uniform or edged with black. 
Total length 410 millim. ; tail 140. 
Tropical Africa. 
a. 5 (V. 127; C.?). W. Africa. Haslar Coll. 
b. g (V.129; C.88).  W. Africa. Mr. Rich (C.}.{ (TPe®) 
ce. Yg.(V.126; C.78).  W. Africa. J. C. Salmon, Esq. [P.}. 
d. 2 (V. 134; C. 75) Ancober River, Major Burton & beak 
Gold Coast. Cameron [ P.}. 
e. Hgr. 9 (V.182;C.?). Lagos. 
f. & (V.1380; C.?). Old Calabar. W. Logan, Esq. [P.}. 
g- 2 (V. 133; C. 82). Old Calabar. 
h. 9 (V. 134; C.?). Fernando Po, Dr, A. rgd 
(Type Amn, aay 
i. 2 (V. 135; C. 80). Fernando Po. SirA, P smith (P 
k. Hgr. ¢ (V.123; 0.2). Gaboon, H. Aveall, Bo. P). 
15. Tropidonotus variegatus. 
Mizodon variegatus, Peters, Mon. Berl, Ac. 1861, p. 358. 
Closely allied to the preceding. Loreal deeper than long; two 
pre- and three postoculars; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 
entering the eye ; posterior chin- shields twice as long as anterior, 
Scales smooth, in 15 rows. Ventrals 143; anal divided; sub- 
caudals 76. Head dark brown, anterior part of parietals lighter ; 
sutures between the labials black; alight nuchal collar; a blackish 
