232. NAIA. 
379 
A. Var. mossamBica, Peters.—Brown or olive above, some or all of 
the scales black-edged, the skin between the scales black; 
yellowish beneath, the ventrals speckled or edged with brown 
or blackish ; lower surface of neck with black cross-bars. 
a. Q (Sc. x; V. 228; 
C. 2). 
b. Q (Sc. =; V. 186; 
C. 58). 
c. 2 (Se. m3 V. 194; 
C. ?). 
d-e. Heads & tail. 
f. Yg. (Se. =; V. 183; 
C. 56). 
Assouan. 
Zomba, Brit. C. 
Africa, 
Shiré Valley. 
Zambesi. 
De Kaap Gold- 
fields, Transvaal. 
Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 
Sir H. H. Johnston 
[P.) 
Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 
Dr. P. Rendall [C.]. 
B. Var. pattipa.—Uniform brown above, yellowish beneath; lower 
surface of neck brown in the adult; young with a broad black 
ring round the neck. 
a. Yg. (Se. zt. V. 201; 
C. 68). 
b. gd, head & anterior 
part of body & tail 
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(Se. aD: 
Inland of Berbera, 
Somaliland. 
Lake Rudolf. 
EK. Lort Phillips, Esq 
[P.]. 
Dr. Donaldson Smith 
[C.]. 
C, Forma typtca.—Dark olive to black above; lower surface of 
head and neck black; subcaudals and posterior ventrals black, 
the remainder black and yellow. 
a. & (Se. =; ¥. 201 $ 
C. ?). 
b. 2 (Sc. =; V. 198; 
 €. 66). 
c. 2 (Se: =; V. 196; 
C. 61). 
d-e. Hgr. (Se. =; V. 196, 
198; C. 66, 60). 
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J. Hgr. (Sc. 3; V. 196; 
a A ane ae 
g. Ad., skin (Sc. 3; V. 
184; 0.63). 
h. Ad., skin (Se. 33; V. 
186; C. 65). 
¢. Skull of g. 
Gambia. 
Bissao. 
W. Africa. 
W. Africa, 
W. Africa. 
L. Mweru, Brit. 
C. Africa. 
Zongomero, interior 
of E. Africa, 
Sir A. Moloney [P.]. 
Prof. B. du Bocage [P.], 
Mr. Rich [C,]. 
College of Surgeons. 
Sir H. H. Johnston 
[P.]. (Type of var. 
crawshayt.) 
Capt. Speke [P.]. 
