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42 COLUBRID. 
3. Stenophis inornatus. 
Rostral twice as broad as deep, scarcely visible from above; 
internasals as long as broad, much shorter than the prefrontals ; 
frontal twice as long as broad, a little longer than its distance 
from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal much 
longer than deep; one preocular, in contact with or narrowly 
separated from the frontal; three postoculars ; temporals 242; 
eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; four or five 
lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields; posterior 
chin-shields a little’ longer than the anterior and in contact with 
each other. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 228; anal divided; 
subcaudals 110, three of the anterior (third to fifth) single, rest 
divided. Pale brown above, with a series of rather indistinct, small 
darker spots along the spine; no other markings on the head and 
body ; lower parts brownish white. 
Total length 550 millim.; tail 145. 
Madagascar. 
a. S (V. 228; C. 110). Madagascar. Mr. Last [0.}. 
4, Stenophis gaimardii. 
Di aimardii, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 293 (1837), and Abbild. 
e135, pl. xlv. figs. 16-18 (1844)- oi 
Heterurus gaimardii, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 1173 (1854) ; Jan, Icon. 
Gén. 38, pl. ii. fig, 2 (1871). 
Dipsas (Heterurus) gaimardii, var. comorensis, Peters, Mon. Berl. 
Ac, 1873, p. 794. 
Rostral broader than deep, scarcely visible from above; inter- 
nasals as long as broad, much shorter than the prefrontals; frontal 
once and one third 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 much longer than deep ; one preocular, in contact 
with or narrowly separated from the frontal; three postoculars ; 
temporals 2-+2 or 3; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering 
the eye; four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 
shields ; posterior chin-shield shorter than the anterior, and 
separated from each other by scales. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 
255-276; anal divided; subcaudals 93-116, all or greater part 
single. Pale brown above, with dark brown or black cross-bars, 
which are as broad as or narrower than the interspaces; a L-shaped 
black marking on the occiput and nape; white beneath, uniform 
or with brown spots. 
Total length 660 millim.; tail 135, 
Madagascar ; Comoro Islands, 
a-b. 3 (V.262; C. 105) Imerina. Rey. R. Baron [C.]. 
& yg. (V. 265; C. 93). 
