148 COLUBRID. 
4. Rhamphiophis acutus. 
Psammophis acutus, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) i. 1888, p. 327, 
pl. xix. fig. D. 
Rhagerhis acuia, Bocage, Herp. Angola, p. 111, pl. xa. fig. 2 (1895). 
Snout short, acutely pointed. Rostral tetrahedral, its upper 
portion nearly as long as its distance from the frontal; internasals 
as long as broad, as long as the prefrontals; frontal nearly twice 
‘as long as broad, longer than its distance from the end of the 
snout, longer than the parietals; loreal a little deeper than long; 
one preocular, in contact with the frontal; two postoculars ; 
temporals 2+3; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering 
the eye; four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 
shields, which are longer than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows 
(19 or 21 on the neck). Ventrals 172-185; anal divided; sub- 
caudals 59-63. Pale brown above, with two dark brown, black- 
edged bands passing through the eyes and extending to the end of 
the tail; a third band is confined to the head and nape; lateral 
band edged with white below; upper lip and lower parts white. 
Total length 925 millim.; tail 160. 
Angola. 
a. 3 (V.185; 0.59). Pungo Andongo. Dr. Welwitsch [P.]. (Type.) 
5. Rhamphiophis multimaculatus. 
Coronella multimaculata, Smith, Ill. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. pl. 1xi. 
(1847). 
Dipsina multimaculata, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, 
p- 1818, and Icon. Gén. 19, pl. ii. fig. 1 (1866) ; Boetig. Ber. Senci:. 
Ges. 1886, p. 4. 
Rhagerrhis multimaculata, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N.H. (8) xviii. 
1866, p. 25. 
Snout pointed. Rostral as deep as broad, its upper portion 
nearly half as long as its distance from the frontal; internasals a little 
longer than broad, nearly as long as the preefrontals; frontal twice 
as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, 
as long as the parietals; loreal much longer than deep; one pra- — 
ocular (rarely divided), forming a suture with the frontal; two or 
three postoculars; temporals 2+ 3; eight (rarely nine) upper 
labials, fourth and fifth (or fifth and sixth) entering the eye; four 
or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which 
are as long as or a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 17 
rows. Ventrals 155-168; anal divided; subcaudals 31-40. Pale 
buff or sandy grey above, with three or five series of regular brown 
spots, the vertebrals broader than long ; a A-shaped brown marking 
on the occiput; an oblique brown streak behind the eye; lower 
parts white. 
Total length 395 millim. ; tail 45, 
Damaraland and Namaqualand. 
a-d. 2 (V. 156, 160, 158,155; Damaraland. 
O. 31, 89, 40, 40). 
