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preocular ; one postocular; temporals 1+1 (the first sometimes 
absent); six upper labials, second and third entering the eye, 
fourth (or fourth and fifth) in contact with the parietal; symphysial 
in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are slightly larger 
than the posterior and in contact with three lower labials. Scales 
in 15 rows. Ventrals 110-149; anal entire; subcaudals 21-40. 
Reddish brown above, whitish beneath; upper surface of head and 
nape black, the black on the nape edged with yellowish ; a pair of 
yellowish spots may be present behind the parietal shields; sides of 
head yellowish, the shields bordering the eye black. 
Total length 103 millim.; tail 17. Grows to 255 millim. 
Mozambique, Nyassaland. 
a. Yg. (V. 149; C. 40). Zomba, Brit. ©. Africa. Sir H. H. Johnston 
[P.]. 
9. Aparallactus punctatolineatus. 
Uriechis capensis, part., Bocage, Herp. Angola, p. 129 (1895). 
Aparallactus punctatolineatus, Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) xvi. 
1895, p. 173. 
Similar to A. capensis, but six or seven upper labials, second and 
third entering the eye, fifth or fourth and fifth in contact with the 
parietal. Ventrals 160-161; subcaudals 36-41. Yellowish brown 
above, each scale darker in the centre, with three longitudinal series of 
large black dots ; upper surface of head and a nuchal cross-bar black. 
Total length 125 millim. ; tail 20. 
Angola and Nyassaland. 
a. Hgr. (V. 160; C. 36). Chiradzulu, Brit. Sir H. H. Johnston [P.]. 
C. Africa. 
10. Aparallactus lineatus. 
Uriechis (Metopophis) lineatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1870, p. 648, 
pl. i. fig. 3 
. fig. 3. 
Aparallactus lineatus, Bouleng. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (6) xvi. 1895, 
p. 173. 
Diameter of eye greater than its distance from the oral margin. 
Rostral broader than deep, the portion visible from above one third 
as long as its distance from the frontal; asingle prefrontal, forming 
a suture with the preeocular; frontal once and a half as long as 
broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 
than the parietals; nasal entire, in contact with the preocular ; 
one postocular ; a single temporal; seven upper labials, third and 
fourth entering the eye, fifth and sixth in contact with the parietal ; 
first lower labial in contact with its fellow behind the symphysial ; 
two pairs of subequal chin-shields, the anterior in contact with 
three lower labials. Scalesinl5 rows. Ventrals 168; anal entire; 
subcaudals 41. Olive above, with three dark longitudinal lines ; 
each scale of the outer series with a yellow spot; ventrals and sub- 
caudals closely speckled with dark grey. 
Total length 440 millim.; tail 57. 
Keta, Guinea. 
