322 COLUBRID. 
the prefrontals ; frontal once and a half as long as broad, longer 
than its distance from the end of the snout; loreal nearly thrice as 
long as deep ; fourth and fifth upper labials entering the eye; two 
pairs of equal chin-shields. Scales in 23 rows. Ventrals 170; 
anal entire ; subcaudals 54-61. Uniform brown above, brownish 
white inferiorly. 
Total length 260 millim.; tail 45, 
Cape of Good Hope. 
a. Hgr. (V. 170; C.61). Cape of Good Hope. Dr. Lee [P.}. 
3. Lamprophis fiskii. 
Lamprophis fiski, Bouleny. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 398, pl. xxxiy. 4 
Rostral broader than deep, not visible from above; internasals 
longer than the preefrontals ; frontal once and one fourth as lorg 
as broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 
than the parietals ; loreal a little longer than deep; one preocular, 
not touching the frontal ; two postoculars; temporals 1+2; eight 
upper labials. fourth and fifth entering the eye; a single sake of 
chin-shields, in contact with four lower labials. Scales in 23 rows. 
Ventrals 178 ; anal entire; subcaudals 35. Lemon-yellow on the 
five median rows of scales, with large blackish-brown spots forming — 
a single series anteriorly, a double alternating series posteriorly ; 
head lemon-yellow above, with symmetrical blackish-brown mark- 
ings, viz. an oblique band on each side of the occiput, a horseshoe- 
shaped band passing through the eyes and across the snout, and a 
bar across the frontal ; lateral scales of body and tail brown in the 
centre and yellowish white on the borders; upper lip and lower 
parts white. 
Total length 315 millim. ; tail 38. 
South Africa, 
a. Hgr. (V. 178; C. 35). Touw’s River. Rey. G. H. R. Fisk [P.]. 
(‘Type.) 
4, Lamprophis fuscus. (Puare XX. fig. 4.) 
Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals 
half as long as the prefrontals; frontal once and one third as long — 
as broad, a little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 
as long as the parietals ; loreal a little longer than deep; one pra- 
and two postoculars ; temporals 142; seven upper labials, third 
and fourth entering the eye ;-two pairs of very short chin-shields, 
the anterior in contact with four lower labials. Scales in 19 rows. _ 
Ventrals 198 ; anal entire; subcaudals 58, Uniform brown above; — 
upper lip, two outer rows of scales, and lower parts yellowish. 
Total length 560 millim. ;: tail 100. 
Cape of Good Hope. 
a. § (V. 198; C. 58). Cape of Good Hope. 
