410 COLUBRID. 
k-l. hy ca al 191,192; C.42,37). 8. Africa. 
Cape of Good 
ope. 
B. As in the preceding, but ventrals uniform white. 
a. g (V.176; 0. 41). =? 
C. Black, with small round yellow spots forming various markings 
a series of large orange spots along the spine, more or less 
confluent into a band; ventrals black at the base, yellow 
behind. (Z. punctatus, "Smith, ) 
a. 2 (V.191; 0. 29). Ona of Good Dr. Lee [P.]. 
b. Yg. (V. 209; ©. 26). Caffraria. J. P. M. Weale, Esq. 
c-d. ¢ (V.,165, 160; C.87, 8. Aftica pe Ghain [PI 
0 9 LV. 195; C. 27). S. Africa. 
D. Black, each scale with a yellow dot; an orange or citrine 
vertebral stripe; ventrals black at the base, yellow behind. 
(Var. chrysopeleoides, F. Miill.) 
a. 2 €V. 195; C,. 29). Cape of Good Officers of the Chat- 
Pubs: ham Museum [P.]. 
b. 2 (V. 188; C. 28). Gubete, Tem- Mr. G. E. Nightin- 
| buland. gale [C.]. 
e. 9 (V. 200; C. 30). Port Elizabeth. H. rs Spencer, Esq. 
d. 2 (V. 207; C. 31). Durban, cantin Munn [P. 
e. d (V. 176; C. 39). Natal. eo 
St. 2 (V. 184; C. 25). 8S. Africa. 
2. Homorelaps dorsalis. 
Elaps dorsalis, Smith, Ill. Zool. S, Afr., Rept., App. ye (1849). 
Peecilophis dorsalis, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 
Rostral broader than deep; internasals half as long as the 
prefrontals; frontal once and a half as long as broad, a little 
longer than its distance from the end of the snout, much shorter 
than the parietals ; one pre-and one postocular ; a single temporal ;. 
six upper labials, the three anterior equal in size, third and fourth 
entering the eye, fifth in contact with the parietal; three lower 
labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are slightly 
longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 219-226 ; 
anal divided; subcaudals 25-28. Black above, with a yellow 
vertebral stripe extending to the tip of the snout ; lower parts and 
three outer rows of scales white. 
Total length 240 millim. ; tail 21. 
Caffraria and Natal. 
a. Hgr. (V. 226; 0.25). King William’s Town, 
