332 COLUBRID, 
72. Yellowish brown .above, with several rows of reddish-brown 
spots with umber-brown borders, the two rows of spots along the 
middle of the back almost circular and largest; a dark brown 
blotch on each side of the back of the head, and a pair of dark 
longitudinal streaks on the nape; underparts pale yellow. 
Total length 402 millim. ; tail 87. 
Interior of South Africa, 
6. Boodon lineatus. 
Lycodon geometricus (non Schleg.), Smith, Ill. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. 
pl. xxii. (1843). 
Bozedon lineatum, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 363 (1854) ; Giinth. Cat. 
p- 200 (1858); Bouleng. Zoologist, 1887, p. 173; Boettg. Ber. 
Offend. Ver. Nat. 24-25, 1885, p. 184, and Ber. Senck. Ges, 1887- 
88, p. 69, and 1889, p. 294; Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xii. 
1891, p. 18; Bedriaga, Amph. et Rept. I. de Guinée (Istituto, 
xxxix.), p. 32 (1892). 
—- capense, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 364; A. Dum. Arch. Mus. x. 
1859, p. 194, pl. xvii. fig. 3. 
quadrivittatum, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad, 1857, p. 54. 
—— quadrilineatum, A. Dum. 1. c. p. 193, fig. 4; Jan, Icon. Gén. 
36, As ii. figs. 2 & 3 (1870); Peters, Reise n. Mossamé,. iii. p. 133 
(1882). 
Alopecion variegatum, Bocage, Jurn. Se. Lisb, i, 1867, p. 230; 
Giinth, Zool. Rec, 1867, p. 141. 
Boodon geometricum, Bocage, Jorn. Se. Lish. xi. 1887, p. 199. 
bipreeocularis, Giinth. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (6) i. 1888, p. 330, 
pl. xviii. fig. B. 
Eye rather small. Rostral broader than deep, just visible from 
above; internasals shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal once and a 
half to twice as long as broad, as long as or a little longer than its 
distance from the end of the snout, as long as or shorter than the 
parietals ; latter shields longer than the distance between the 
frontal and the end of the snout; loreal longer than deep; one or 
two preoculars, extending to the upper surface of the head and 
frequently in contact with the frontal; two postoculars ; temporals 
1+2; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth (rarely also third) 
entering the eye; three or four lower labials in contact with the 
antevior chin-shields, which are as long as the posterior, or a little 
longer. Scales in 25 to 31 rows.. Ventrals 192-237 ; anal entire; 
subcaudals 47-70. Brown above, uniform or variegated with 
yellowish, with or without a yellow lateral streak; side of head 
light, the brown of the upper surface ending in a point on the 
snout, with a dark brown lateral streak passing through the eye, 
and brown spots on the labials, or head dark brown with two more 
or iess distinct light lines on each side; lower parts yellowish. 
Total length 870 millim. ; tail 110. 
Tropical and South Africa. 
