39. LAMPROPHIS. 321 
Internasals much shorter than the prefron- 
tals; loreal at least twice as long as 
deep ; two pairs of chin-shields ........ 2. inornatus, p. 321. 
Internasals longer than the prefrontals ; 
loreal a little longer than deep; a 
single pair of chin-shields ............ 3. fiskii, p. 322. 
IT. Scales in 19 rows .........+..., 4. fuscus, p. 322. 
1, Lamprophis aurora. 
* Coluber aurora, Linn. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 25, pl. xix. fig. 1 (1754), 
and 8. N. i. p. 379 (1766); Daud. Rept. vii. p. 5 (1803). 
Cerastes aurora, Laur. . Rept. p. 82 (1768). 
Duberria aurora, Fitz. N. Class, Rept. p. 56 (1326). 
stay aurora, Schleg. Phys. Serp, li. p. 75, pl. ii. figs. 20 & 21 
Lamprophis aurora, Smith, Ill. Zool. S. Afr., Rept., App. p. 19 
treet Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 431 (1854); Giinth. Cat. p. 195 
Fistral broader than deep, scarcely visible from above ; inter- 
nasals a little shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal once and one 
third to onee and a half as long as broad, as long as or a little 
longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 
parietals ; loreal] a little longer than deep; one preocular, not ex- 
tending to the frontal; two postoculars; temporals 1+2; eight 
upper labials, fourth and fifth, or third, fourth, and fifth, entering 
the eye; four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 
shields, which are longer than the posterior. Scales in 23 rows. 
Ventrals 170-182; anal entire; subcaudals 37-53. Olive or pale 
brown above, uniform or speckled with black; the scales of the 
vertebral series bright yellow or orange ; lower parts white. 
Total length 650 millim. ; tail 120. 
South Africa. 
a. 5 (V.178; C. 50). Cape of Good Hope. Dr. Statham [P.}. 
~+—~0, 2 (V. 182; C. 37). Cape of Good Hope. Dr. Lee [P.}. 
c,d. $(V. 179; C. 52) & Cape of Good Hope. 
yg- (V. 170; C. 51). 
e. d (V. 177; C. 52). Cape Town. ee G. H, R. Fisk 
[P.}. 
fF. Yg.(V.172; C.51). King William's Town. a Trevelyan, Esq. 
g- Yg.(V.172; ©. 51). Orange River. ~ : annemeyer 
kh. Skull, Cape of Good Hope. a 
2. Lamprophis inornatus. 
Lamprophis inornatus, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 464 (1854). 
Eye smaller than in Z. aurora. Internasals much shorter than 
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