156 COLUBRID. 
ec. 9 (V. 179; 0.92). Gwalior. C. Maries, ae Be 
4, 2 (V. 185; C.94). Munro Khalat, Balu- R. H. ©. Tufnell, 
chistan. Esq. [P.]. 
2. Psammophis notostictus. 
Psammophis silibans, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 186 (1858) ; Mocquard, 
Bull. Soc, Philom. (7) xi, 1887, p. 78. " 
— moniliger, var. notostictus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1867, 
237. 
fal sibilans, var. stenocephalus, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. xi. 1887, 
p. 205, and Herp. Angola, a P 116 (1895). 
notosticta, Matschie, Mitth. bean Schutzgeb. v. 1893, p. 212; 
Bo . Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 538. 
sibilans, var. notosticta, Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1894, p. 92. 
Snout once and a half to once and two thirds as long as the eye. 
Rostral broader than deep, visible from above; nostril between two 
or three shields ;, internasals shorter than the prefrontals; frontal 
twice to twice and a half as long as broad, in the middle not more 
than half as broad as the supraocular, longer than its distance from 
the end of the snout, as long as or a little shorter than the parietals ; 
loreal twice to twice and a half as long as deep; two preoculars, 
upper in contact with the frontal; two (rarely three) postoculars ; 
temporals 242 or 3 (rarely 142); ; eight upper labials, third 
deeper than second and fourth, fourth and fifth entering the eye; 
four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which 
are much shorter than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 
157-171; anal entire; subcaudals 81-104. Pale. brown or olive 
above, with a pair of more or less distinct lighter stripes, and with 
or without small black spots; each vertebral scale often yellow in 
its posterior half ; head with dark spots but no longitudinal streaks ; 
upper labials and usually pre- and postoculars yellowish white; 
anterior labials often spotted with black; lower parts and whole 
or part of outer row of scales yellowish white, or olive with a 
lateral yellowish stripe ; anterior ventrals often with small black 
spots 
Total length 785 millim. ; tail 225. 
South Africa, Angola, Lower Congo. 
a. 3 (V. 170; C. 88). 
b. 3 (V. 169; 0. 85.) 
e. g (V. 161; C. 87). 
d,e. gd (V. 165; C. 
86) & ye. (¥. 2725 
£4, 9.0 (V. 162, 157; 
h. 9 (V. 168 C. 91). 
Oape of Good Hope 
Lions Hill, Cape own. | 
Caffraria. 
Orange R. 
San Nicolao R., Little 
Fish Bay. 
S. Africa, 
i a Dey Ur sk 
J. e ir Weale, Esq, 
pL Cannemeyer[P. } 
J. a Minette Esq. 
Zoological Society. 
