201, APARALLACTUS. 259. 
5. Aparallactus guentheri. (Prarez XI. fig. 2.) 
Uriechis capensis, part., Giinth. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (6) i. 1888, 
p. 3824; Bocage, Herp. Angola, p. 128 (1895). 
Aparallactus guentheri, Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) xvi. 1895, 
p- 172 
Diameter of eye greater than its distance from the oral margin. 
Rostral broader than deep, the portion visible from above nearly 
half as long as its distance from the frontal; internasals shorter 
than the prefrontals; frontal once and a half as long as broad, 
much longer than its distance from the end of the snout, a little 
shorter than the parietals ; nasal divided, in contact with the pree- 
ocular; one postocular; temporals 1+1 ; seven upper labials, third 
and fourth entering the eye, fifth in contact with the parietal ; 
symphysial in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as 
long as and a little broader than the posterior and in contact with 
four lower labials. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 154-180; anal 
entire *; subcaudals 51-59. Blackish brown above, a little lighter 
beneath; chin and throat yellowish white; a deep black collar, 
edged with yellowish white in front and behind, narrowly inter- 
rupted on the throat. 
Total length 330 millim. ; tail 80. 
East Africa, Eastern Central Africa, Angola. 
a. 9 (V. 154; C.59). Lake Nyassa. A. A. Simons, Esq. eT 5 
b. Yg. (V. 164; C.51). Shiré highlands. Sir H. H. Johnston [P.]. | 
ce. Yg. (V. 156; C. 52). Zanzibar, F. Finn, Esq. [P.}. e 
(Types.) J 
6. Aparallactus bocagii. 
Uriechis capensis, part., Bocage, Herp. Angola, p. 128 (1895). 
Aparallactus bocagii, Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) xvi. 1895, 
p. 178. 
Head-shields as in A. capensis. Ventrals 191; subcaudals 44. 
Reddish brown above, with a small brown spot in the centre of 
each scale ; these spots forming longitudinal lines; a black spot on 
each side of the head, round the eye, and on two or three labial 
shields, and another on the first temporal shield; a black nuchal 
bar, separated from the head by a yellowish interspace; uniform 
ellowish white beneath. 
Total length 272 millim, 
Angola. 
7. Aparallactus capensis. 
Aparallactus capensis, Smith, Jil. Zool. 8. Afr., Rept., App. p. 16 
(1849); Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) xvi. 1895, p. 178. 
Elapomorphus capensis, Smith, /. ¢. 
_* Bocage (/. c.) describes his Uriechis capensis as with divided anal and 
paired subcaudals, a statement due, no doubt, to an oversight. 
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