360 : COLUBRID, 
3. Elapechis hessii. 
Elapsoidea hessei, Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1887, p. 651, and Ber. Senck. 
Ges. 1888, p. 83, pl. ii. fig. 6. 
Snout rounded. Rostral broader than deep, the portion visible 
from above about half as long as its distance from the frontal ;jnter- 
nasals one third the length of the prefrontals; frontal a little 
longer than broad, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 
shorter than the parietals; posterior nasal in contact with the 
single preocular; two postoculars; temporals 142; seven upper 
labials, third and fourth entering the eye; three lower labials in 
contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are extensively in 
contact with the symphysial; posterior chin-shields as large as 
the anterior. Scales in 13 rows, Ventrals 147; anal entire; 
subcaudals 22. Greyish above, with black cross-bars, much 
narrower than the interspaces between them, narrowing down the 
sides ; a series of black spots on each side, between the cross-bars ; 
a large black blotch on the nape, produced as a streak along the 
suture between the parietal shields; lower parts white. 
Total length 160 millim.; tail 12, 
Banana, Congo. 
4, Elapechis decosteri. 
ae decosteri, Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) ii. 1888, 
p- . 
Snout obtusely pointed. Rostral broader than deep, the portion 
visible from above measuring nearly half its distance from the 
frontal; internasals half as long as the prefrontals; frontal once 
and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of 
the snout, shorter than the parietals; posterior nasal in contact 
with, or narrowly separated from, the single preeocular; two post- 
oculars; temporals 142; 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 a little longer than the anterior. Scales in 
13 rows. Ventrals 138-142; anal entire; subcaudals 25-26. 
Dark grey above, each scale edged with black; outer row of scales 
and lower parts white. 
Total length 380 millim, ; tail 38, 
Delagoa Bay. 
a. 9 (V. 142; C. 26).  Delagoa Bay. South African Museum [P.]. 
5. Elapechis sundevallii. 
Elaps sunderwallii, Smith, Ill. Zool. 8S. Afr. t. pl. Ixvi, (1848), 
Elapsoidea sundevallii, 7 Peters, Mon. Ga ae ids, Pp. “7 7, nid 
fig. 2, 
Snout obtusely pointed. Rostral large, the portion visible from 
