a 
45, LYCOPHIDIUM, 339 
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4, Lycophidium semiannulis. 
Lycophidion semiannulis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 622; 
Giinth. Cat, p. 197 (1858); Peters, Reise n. Mossand. iii. p. 135, 
pl. xvi. fig. 2 (1882). 
, Appears to agree very closely with LZ. capense, but the ventrals 
; are wuch fewer, viz. 146. Subcaudals 30. Greyish blue or 
purplish above, with irregular black cross bars ; snout and sides of 
head yellowish, speckled with black; blackish brown beneath, the 
shields edged with yellowish. 
Total length 260 millim.; tail 38. 
Tette, Mozambique. 
5. Lycophidium capense. 
Lycodon capensis, Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. (1) no. 5, 1831, 
"p. 18, and Ill. Zool. 8. Afr., Rept. pl. v. (1838). 
ay neemonl part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 111, pl. iv. figs. 10 & 
Lycophidium horstokii, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 412 (1854). 
lee N horstockii, part., Gimth. Cat. p. 197 (1858), and Ann. 
N. H. (4) i. 1868, p. 427. 
—— capense, A, Dum. Arch. du Mus. x. 1859, p. 197; Peters, 
Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 134 (1882). 
cae 7 ne mut. soulivaneealats, Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 
p. 6 
Diameter of the eye greater than its distance from the mouth. 
Rostral twice as broad as deep, just visible from above ; internasals 
about as large as the nasals; prefrontals as long as broad or a little 
longer ; frontal as long as broad or a little longer, a little shorter 
than its distance from the end of the snout, much shorter than the 
parietals ; loreal longer than deep; preocular as large as or a little 
larger than the supraocular, broadly in contact with the frontal ; 
two postoculars, both in contact with the parietal ; temporals 1+2; 
eight upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye, seventh 
; chin-shields very small, the anterior in contact with four 
or five lower labials. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 164-192; anal 
entire ; subcaudals 30-45. Brown, purplish, or olive above; sides 
of head speckled or vermiculate with whitish. 
Total length 450 millim. ; tail 45. . 
Africa south of the Equator. 
A. Brown or dark purple above, the lateral scales tipped with 
whitish ; lower parts whitish. (ZL. capense, Smith.) 
rs Q (V. 188; C. 39). Cape of Good Hope. 
b. g (V. 180; ©. 38). Port Elizabeth, J. . ts Weale, Esq. 
e. 9 (V. 189; C. 32). Port Elizabeth. J. Leslie, Esq 
3 (V. 190; C. 30). Port Natal. Mr. 1 A mie 
g. (V. 179; C. 45. Zanzibar. Sir J. a 
