229, BLAPECHIS. 359 
1. Elapechis guentheri. 
Elapsoidea guentheri, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. i. p. 1866, p. 70, pl. i. 
fig. 3, and iv. 1873, p. 224; Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, ix. 
1884, p. 201; Boettg. Ber. 'Senck. Ges. 1888, p. 82; Giinth. Ann. 
§ Mag. N. HH. (6) xv. 1895, p. 525, pl. xxi. fig. C ; ’ Bocage, Herp. 
Angola, p. 129, pl. xiv. fig. 3 (1895). 
semiannulata, Bocage, Jorn. Se. Lish. viii. 1882, p. 303. 
Snout rounded. MRostral broader than deep, the portion visible 
from above measuring about one third its distance from the frontal ; 
internasals much shorter than the prefrontals; frontal once and a 
half as long as broad, as long as or longer than its distance from 
the end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals; posterior 
nasal in contact with, or narrowly separated from, the single pre- 
ocular; two postoculars; temporals 1+2; seven upper labials, 
third and fourth entering the eye, sixth largest; three or four lower 
labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are separated 
from the symphysial; posterior chin-shields nearly as large as the 
anterior. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 142-166; anal entire; 
subcaudals 13-25, all or mostin two rows. Whitish or grey above, 
with black, white-edged cross-bands, or blackish with whitish 
cross-bars or lines formed by the edges of some of the scales ; lower 
parts dirty white or brownish, grey, or blackish. 
Total length 520 millim. ; tail 50. 
Gaboon, Congo, Angola, Central Africa. 
3 (V. 158; C. 25). Stanley Pool. 
b, Her. (V. 166 ; C.25). Foot of Mt. Ruwenzori. Scott Elliot, Esq. [P.]. 
e. Yg.(V.143; C. 21). Shiré Highlands, oH 7 H. Johnston 
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2. Elapechis niger. (Puare XX. fig. 1.) 
Elapsoidea nigra, Giinth. Ann. §& Mag. NV. H. (6) i. 1888, p. 3325 
Werner, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, cy. 1895, p. 198. 
Snout rounded. KRostral broader than deep, the portion visible 
from above measuring about one fourth its distance from the 
frontal; internasals three fourths the length of the prefrontals ; 
frontal once and one third as long as broad, as long as its distance 
from the end of the snout, two thirds the length of the parietals ; 
posterior nasal in contact with the single prwocular; two post- 
oculars; temporals 1+2; seven upper labials, third and fourth 
entering the eye, sixth largest ; three lower labials in contact with 
the anterior chin-shields, which are separated from the symphysial ; 
posterior chin-shields as large as the anterior. Scales in 13 rows. 
Ventrals 153; anal entire; subcaudals 16-20. Black above and 
below ; lower surface of head and anterior ventrals whitish. Young 
with transverse series of white dots. 
Total length 420 millim. ;_ tail 30. 
Zanzibar. 
a. 2 (V. 153; C.16). Ushambola. Sir J. Kirk [C.]. (Type.) 
