234, ASPIDELAPS, 391 
A. 20-32 black annuli, much narrower than the interspaces, 
Hgr. (V.151; C.21). Cape of Good Hope. Mr. O'Halloran [C.], 
b. 2 (V. 147; ©. 22). SS. Africa. Mr. Goldschmidt C. }. 
c—d, Ke 6 AV, 152, 8S. Africa. 
B, 42-47 black annuli, much narrower than the interspaces; white 
scales black-edged. 
a. 2 (V. 167; C. 24). Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [P.]}. 
b. 2 (V. 159; C. 23). Caffraria. J. ft M. Weale, Hsq. 
P.). 
C. 38-42 black annuli, broader than the interspaces. 
a, 2 (V. 160; C. 26). Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [P a 
b. 2 (V. 150: C. 28). Cape of Good Hope. Officers of the Chat- 
ham Museum [P.]. 
2. Aspidelaps scutatus. 
Cyrtophis scutatus, Smith, Ill. Zool. 8. Afr., Rept. App. p. 22 
pes Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 139, pl. xx. figs. 1-6 
(1882). 
Naia fula-fula, Bianconi, Spec. Zool. Mossamb., Rept. p. 41, pl. iv. 
fig. 1 (1849). 
Aspidelaps acuta, Jan, Elenco, p. 118 (1863), and Icon. Gén. 44, 
pl. vi. fig. 3 (1873). 
Rostral broader than deep, two fifths to half as broad as the 
head, forming an obtuse angle above, separating the internasals ; 
frontal small, as long as broad or broader than long, as long as the 
prefrontals, shorter than the parietals; internasal and posterior 
nasal in contact with the preocular, which is single or divided ; 
three postoculars; temporals 2+4, lower anterior very large; six 
upper labials, fourth entering the eye; three or four lower labials 
in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the 
posterior. Scales in 19 to 23 rows, smooth or faintly keeled, 
tubercularly keeled on the posterior part of the body and on the 
tail. Ventrals 115-135; anal entire; subcaudals 24-38. Pale 
greyish brown above, with transverse dark spots or cross-bands ; 
a A-shaped black marking on the head; a black nuchal collar en- 
circling the neck, followed by a large black blotch; a black vertical 
streak below the eye; belly whitish. 
Total length 190 millim.; tail 22, Grows to 520 millim. 
South-east Africa (Natal, Delagoa Bay, Inhambane). 
a. Yg. (Sc. 21; V. 128; Natal. Sir A. Smith [P.]. (One 
C. 25). of the types.) 
