318 COLUBRID”. 
internasals a little longer than broad, a little shorter than the 
prefrontals ; frontal once and two thirds to twice as long as broad, 
as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 
parietals; no loreal, prefrontal in contact with the second and 
third labials; one pre- and two or three postoculars; temporals 
1+2; nine upper labials, fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the 
eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 
which are much shorter than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows, all 
strongly keeled. Ventrals 184-202; anal divided; subcaudals 
92-110. Yellowish or greyish brown above, uniform or with dark 
brown spots ; a more or less distinct dark streak on each side of 
the head, passing through the eye; upper lip yellowish, usually 
with brown dots; hinder part of body usually with four series 
of brown spots, which become confluent into stripes on the tail; 
lower parts yellowish, usually more or less profusely powdered or 
dotted with brown; a more or less marked brown spot at the outer 
end of the anterior ventrals. 
Total length 1000 millim.; tail 310. 
Seychelles, 
a-c, d, e-g. & (V.190; 0.?), Seychelles, Prof. E. P. Wright [C.]. 
@ (V. 197, 202, 193; C. 104, 
101, 108), & yg. (V. 196, 189, 
185; C.?, 92,109). 
h. Her. (V. 185; C. 99). Seychelles, Sir J. Kirk [P.]. 
z, Skull. Seychelles, 
37. ABLABOPHIS. 
Coronella, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 50 (1837). 
Lamprophis, part., Smith, Ill. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. (1847); Jan, 
Arch, Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 284. 
Ablabes, part., Dum. §& Bibr. Erp. Gén, vii. p. 304 (1854) ; Giinth. 
Cat, Col. Sn. p. 27 (1858). 
Maxillary teeth small, equal, 20 to 25; anterior mandibular 
teeth longest. Head slightly distinct from neck; eye moderate, 
with vertically elliptic pupil. Body cylindrical; scales smooth, 
with apical pits,in 19 rows; ventrals rounded. Tail moderate ; 
subcaudals in two rows. Hypapophyses developed throughout the 
vertebral column, 
South Africa. 
1. Ablabophis rufulus. 
Coronella rufula, Licht. Verz. Doubl. Mus. Berl. p. 105 (1825); 
Schley. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 74, pl. ii. figs. 18 & 19 (1837). : 
~ a gia a Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. (1) no. 5, 1881, 
p. 17. p 
Lamprophis rufulus, Smith, Ill. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. pl. lviii. (1847) ; 
Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 285, and Icon, Gén. 17, 
pl. iv. fig. 1 (1866). . 
Ablabes rufulus, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 8308 (1854); Gtinth. Cat. 
p. 80 (1858), ; 
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