EDIE a nein 
242, neicsiesayTa. 435 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. A large upper temporal, in contact with the whole outer border 
of the parietal. 
Scales in 13 rows, outer half as long as 
COMBA Tan we sot wok + VAR ss 1. viridis, p. 435. 
Scales in 15 to 19 rows, outer not 
shorter than dorsals........... ... 2. jamesonii, p. 436. 
II. Temporals 2+3 or 4, two in contact with the outer border of 
the parietal ; scales in 19 to 23 rows, outer not shorter than 
dorsals. . 
Second upper labial much deeper than 
Ee S| SOIR SPE | PS 3. angusticeps, p. 437. 
‘Second upper labial not deeper than first 4. antinorit, p. 437. 
1. Dendraspis viridis. 
Leptophis viridis, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1844, p. 172. 
Naja jamesonii (non Traill), Schleg. Versl. Ak. ‘Amsterd. iii. 1855, 
313. 
Dinooils hammondii, Hallow, Proc, Ac. Philad. 1852, p. 203, and 
Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) ii. 1854, p. 304, pl. xxix. 
Dendroechis reticulata, Fisch. Mich. Progr. Hamb. Realsch. 1855, 
20. 
Dendasyis amesonii, Fisch. Abh. Naturw. Hamb, iii. 1856, p. 115, 
a Dum. Rev. § Mag. Zool. 1856, p. eis Giinth. Cat. 
Ly “938 (1858); A. Dum. Arch. Mus. x. 1859, , 215, l. xvii. 
fig. 11; Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (3) xv. 1865.) p. 97; F. Miill. 
Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel, vii. 1885, p. 692; Boettg. Ber. Senck: Ges. 
1887, p. 63; Bocage, Jorn. Se. Lash. xii. 1888, » P 139, figs., (2) ii. 
1892, p. 265, and Herp. Angola, p. 138, pl. xv. fig. 1 (1895). 
Dendraspis angusticeps (non Smith), Bedriaga, Instituto, 1892, no. 6, 
p. 482. 
Rostral broader than deep; internasals shorter than the pre- 
frontals; frontal as long as broad or a little broader than long; 
shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, much shorter 
than the parietals, in contact with the upper preocular; two or 
three preoculars, with a subocular below them, the latter sometimes 
fused with the third labial; two or three postoculars with a sub- 
ocular below them; two very large temporals, the upper longest 
and in cortact with the entire outer border of the parietal, the 
lower usually descending to the lip, between the sixth and seventh 
labials; the large upper temporal separated from its fellow on the 
other side by three occipital shields; seven or eight upper labials, 
fourth (or third and fourth) entering the eye, second and third 
much deeper than third and usually both, sometimes only the second, 
in contact with the prefrontals ; four lower labials in contact with 
the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or shorter than the 
posterior. Scales in 13 rows, outer much shorter than the others, 
one dorsal scale corresponding to two laterals or to two ventral 
shields, Ventrals 211-225; anal divided; subcaudals 107-119, 
Olive-green above, uniform or each scale brown at the end; head- 
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