376 COLUBRID. 
2. Naia flava. 
- srabiare Reise Afr. p. 190 (1784). 
ipera (Echidna) flava, Merr. Tent. p. 154 (1820). 
Naja nivea, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 557. 
—— haje, var., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 471,. pl. xvii. figs. 4 & 5 
(1837) ; Jan, Rev. § Mag. Zool, 1859, p. 129. 
—— nigra, Smith, Mag. N. H. ii. 1838, p. 92. 
feng Smith, 1. e. 
—haje, Smith, Ill, Zool. 8. Afr., Rept. pls. xviii.-xxi. (1839) ; 
Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1894, p. 92. . 
—— haje, part., Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 1298 (1854) ; Giinth. Cat. 
p. 225 (1858); Bocage, Herp. Angola, i 132 (1895). 
—— haje, var. capensis, Jan, Elenco, p. 119 (1863). 
Eye moderate, two fifths to one half the length of the snout. 
Rostral as deep as broad, its upper portion measuring one half to 
two thirds its distance from the frontal; internasals as long as the 
prefrontals ; frontal as long as broad to once and two thirds as long 
as broad, as broad as the supraocular, shorter than its distance from 
the end of the snout, three fifths to two thirds the length of the 
parietals; one preocular, narrowly in contact with or separated 
from the internasal; three postoculars (one of which may be 
regarded as subocular); temporals 1 or 2+2 or 3; seven upper 
labials, third and fourth entering the eye, sixth largest and in 
contact with the lower postoculars ; four lower labials in contact 
with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields nearly as long 
as but narrower than the anterior, and separated from each other 
by scales, 23 scales across the neck, 19 or 21 across the middle of 
the body. Ventrals 200-227; anal entire; subcaudals 50-67. 
Coloration very variabie, yellowish, reddish, or brown to black, 
uniform or with lighter and darker spots; a blackish band some- 
times present across the lower surface of the neck. 
Total length 1470 millim., ; tail 230. 
South Africa. 
a. 3 (Sc. 31; V.204; 0.65). Simons Bay. | H.MS. ‘Challenger,’ 
b. ¢ (Se. 2; V. 207; 0.57). Port Ehzabeth. J. = Leslie, Esq. 
c. Q (Se. 2; V. 200; 0.61). Port Elizabeth, Mr, J. L, Drege [P.]. 
d. Hgr. (Se. 3; V-216; 0.50). ——P? Haslar Collection. 
3. Naia melanoleuca. 
Seba, Thes. ii. pl. lxxxiii. fig. 2 (1735), 
Naja haje, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii, p. 471 (1837) ; Bocage, Herp. 
Angola, p. 182 (1895). 
—— haje, var. melanoleuca, Hallow. Proc, Ac. Philad. 1857, Pe 
& 72; A, Dum. Arch, Mus. x. 1859, p. 218; Boettg. Ber. Senck, 
Ges. 1888, p. 80. 
haje, vars. B & O, Giinth. Cat. | Peg 1858). 
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—— annulata, Buchh. § Peters, Mon, Berl, Ac, 1876, p. 119} 
