436 COLUBRID. 
shields finely edged with blackish ; lips yellowish, the shields edged’ 
with black; belly yellowish, the shields finely edged with brown or 
black ; tail yellow, scales and shields edged with black. 
Total length 1830 millim. ; tail 460. 
West Africa, from the Senegal to the Niger; 8. Thome Island. 
a. fo (V. 214; 0.114). Gambia. Sir A. Seth I P 
b. fo (V. 221; C. 111). Sierra Leone. Sir A, Kennedy [P. }. 
e-d. 6 (V. 219; C. 118) Sierra Leone. H. C. Hart, Esq. [P.]. 
& hgr. (V,214; C. 119). 
. o (V. 214; 0.112). Ancobra R., Gold Coast. Meee rete Capt.. 
ameron [P.]. 
f. 2 (V. 225; C.107). Coast of Guinea. 
g. 3 (V. 215; 0.119). W. Africa. 
A. 3& skeleton. Axim, Gold Coast. 
2. Dendraspis jamesonii. 
Elaps jamesonii, 7raill, in Schleg. Phys. Serp., Engl. Transl. p. 179,. 
rh it figs. 19 & 20 (1843). < 2 Es 
Dendraspis aR g EH Smith), A. Dum. Rev. §& Mag. Zool. 1856, 
. 558, and Arch. Mus. x. 1859, p. 216, pl. xvii. fig. 12; Bocage,. 
orn, Se. Lisb. i. 1866, p. 52; Mocg. Bull. Soc. Philom. xi. ae 6 
‘'—— angusticeps, ro Giinth. Cat. P. 238 (1858), and Ann. §& Mag. 
N. H., (8) xv. 1865, p. 98, pl. iii. fig. B. 
—— welwitschii, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (8) xv. 1865, p. 97, 
pl. iii. fig. A, and (6) xv. 1895, p. 529. 
ee ray isch. Jahrb. Nat. Ver. Hamb. ii. 1885, p. 111,. 
pl. iv. fig. 10. 
Dendraspis jamesonii, Boettgy. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1888, P. 85. 
— neglectus, Bocage, Jorn. Se. Lisb. xii. 1888, p. 141, figs. 
Head-shields and coloration as in the preceding. Scales in 15 to 
19 rows (19 to 21 on the neck), the outer not shorter than the 
dorsals. Ventrals 210-235; subcaudals 99-121. Young with 
chevron-shaped black cross-bars. Tail sometimes black. 
Total length 2100 millim.; tail 560. 
West Africa, from the Niger to Angola; Central Africa. 
a. d (Sc. 17; V.214; C.110). 150 miles up W. H. Crosse, Esq... 
the Niger. [P.]. 
6. Yg. (Sc. 19; V. 220; C.?). Niger. . Mr. er 
c. 9 (Sc..17; V. 216; C.118). CameroonMts., Sir H. H. Jo n. 
2000 ft. [P.] 
d. Yg. (Sc. 19; V.218; ©.105). Fernando Po, H. Veitch, Esq. [P.].. 
e. Yg. age 17; V.226; C. 111). Fernando Po. Mrs. Burton rp. 
f. 4 (Se. 19; V. 222; C,106). Fernando Po, 
g. Yg. (Se.17; V. 219; C. 120). Gaboon, Dr. J. G. Fischer. 
(Type of D, fasciolatus, 
h. Her. (Se. 17 ; V.215; 0.118), Eloby,Gaboon. “H, Ansell, Esq. [P.]. 
ich, Hgr, (Se. 175 V. 220; Mouth of the Mr. H. J. Duggan 
©. 110) yg. (Sc.19; V.214; Loango. [C.]. 
l. g (Sc. 15; V. 219; ©. 107). Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch «Je 
Angola. (Type of D. welwitschii.) 
m. Hgr. (Sc. 17 ; V.227;0. 115). W. Africa. . Rich [0.]. 
m. 9 (Sc. 19; V. 227; OC, 121), W. Africa. 
