178. oxYBELIS. 189 
d. 9 (Se. 19; V. 184; Africa. 
C. 102). 
D. Green or olive above, all the scales and shields edged with 
black ; head often much spotted with black. 
a. 3 (Sc. 19; V. 183; Natal. E. Howlett, Esq. [P.]. 
C.1 
2 ( 19; V. 190; Natal. Mr. T, Ayres [C.]. 
C. 131 
c. Hgr. + 1Se. 19; V, 182; W. Africa. 
C. 107), 
d. Skeleton. 
E. Black above, each scale with a yellowish or greenish spot; head 
spotted or marked with black; ventrals and subcaudals 
yellowish, edged with black. (B. bellii, Smith.) 
a. < (Sc. 21; V. 176; ‘Port Elizabeth. Mr. Drege [P.]. 
. 110 
b-c. § (Sc. 19,21; V. 185, Africa. Haslar Collection. 
180; C. 108, 113). - 
d. 3 (Sc. 19; V. 186; Africa. 
C. P). 
F. Uniform black above, blackish grey beneath. 
a. & (Se. 21; V. 179; Ushambola, Zanzibar. Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 
C. 125). 
178. OXYBELIS. 
Dryinus, part., Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. 1825, p. 324. 
Dryophis, part., Bove, Isis, 1827, p. 520; Sehleg. Phys. Serp. ii, p. 241 
(1837) ; Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 155 (1858). 
Oxybelis, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 183 (1880) ; Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. 
p- 88 (1863). 
Dryophis, Wagl. 1. ¢. 
Oxybelis, part., Dum. § Bibr. Erp. Gén. vii. p. 813 (1854). 
Maxillary teeth 20 to 25, subequal, the last three to five a little 
enlarged and grooved on the outer side; anterior mandibular teeth 
strongly enlarged. Head elongate, distinct from neck, with distinct 
Maxillary and mandible of Oxybelis fulgidus, 
canthus rostralis; eye rather large, with round pupil; nasal entire 
or semidivided; loreal usually absent; frontal narrow. Body 
slender, compressed ; scales smooth or feebly keeled, with apical 
