262 COLUBRID. 
11. Aparallactus anomalus. (Prarr XI. fig. 3.) 
Uriechis anomala, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xii. 1893, p. 273. 
Aparallactus anomalus, Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) xvi. 1895, 
p. 173. 
Diameter of eye greater than its distance from the oral margin. 
Rostral twice as broad as deep, the portion visible from above one 
third as long as its distance from the frontal; a single prefrontal ; 
internasal nearly reaching the supraocular; frontal once and two 
thirds as long as broad, longer than 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; anterior chin-shjelds as long as but broader than the 
posterior and in contact with four lower labials, Scales in 15 rows. 
Ventrals 170; anal entire; subcaudals 52. Pale brown above, 
speckled with darker ; two dorsal series of small dark brown spots ; 
posterior half of each scale of the outer row yellowish, surrounded 
by crowded dark brown dots; ventrals yellowish, speckled with 
dark brown in the middle; subcaudals closely speckled with dark 
brown. 
Total length 440 millim.; tail 80. 
Gold Coast. 
a. 5 (V. 170; C. 52), Gold Coast. L. Greening, Esq. [P.]. 
(Type.) 
202, ELAPOPS. 
Elapops, Giinth. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (8) iv. 1859, p. 161; Jan, 
rch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, | ge 
Pariaspis, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, pp. 241 & 566, 
Maxillary teeth 11 or 12, the last two a little enlarged and 
feebly grooved on the inner side ; anterior mandibular teeth longest. 
Head small, not distinct from neck; eye small, with round pupil ; 
nostril between two nasals; no loreal; parietal in contact with 
labials. Body cylindrical; scales smooth, without pits, in 15 rows; 
ventrals rounded. ‘Tail moderate ; subcaudals single. 
West Africa. 
1. Elapops modestus. 
ag modestus, Giinth, Ann, §& Mag. N. H. (8) iv. 1859, p. 161, 
reat) ig. Sn a Proe. Ac, Philad, 1860, p. 566 ; Giinth, Zool. 
; p. 152. 
Pariaspis plumbeatra, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 242. 
Elapops plumbeater, , t.c. p. 566 
— petersii, Jan, Arch. Zool, Anat. Phys, ii. 1862, p. 82, and Icon., 
Gén. 13, pl. iii. fig. 2 (1865). 
Diameter of eye equal to or a little exceeding its distance from 
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