4, BITIS. 495 
h-i. Yg. (Sc. 85,383; V. Zomba, Brit. C, Sir H. H. Johnston 
139, 187 ; C. 16, 18). Africa. [P.]. 
k. & (Se. 85; V. 184;  Chiradzulu, Brit. C. Sir H. H. Johnston 
9 
C. 33). Africa,3000-5000ft. _ [P.}. 
l Yg. (Se. 87; V. 181; L. Nyassa. Miss M. Woodward 
C. 18). C ; Miss S. C. 
| {cLaughlin [P.]. 
Xe (Se. 81; V.182; Zambesi. Sir J. Kirk [P.}. 
17 
. 17). 
n. Yg. (Sc. 81; V. 182; Ambriz, Angola. Mr. Rich [C.]. 
C. 28) 
0. Xe. (Se. 36; V. 140; Mossamedes. Dr. Welwitsch [P.]. 
. 20), 
p. é (Se. 88; V. 133; Pretoria, Transvaal. ee, L. Distant, Esq. 
29), P.). 
q,7-s. 3 (Sc. 33; V.140; Port Natal, Rev. H. Calloway 
C. 28) & hgr. 2 (Se. 39, Baap 
87 V. 184, 182; C.17, 
). 
t. y (Se. 87; V.144; C. Natal. Zoological Society. 
6). 
u-w. ¢ (Sc. 37, 39; V. Simon’s Bay. I1.M.S. ‘Challenger.’ 
138, 141; C. 34, 29) & 
Q (Sc. 41; V. 142; C. 
22). 
x,y,z. Ad., stfid. Cape of Good Hope. 
a, 8. Skeletons. Senegal. 
y. Skull. Cape of Good Hope. 
2. Bitis peringueyi. 
Vipera peringueyi, Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (2) ii. 1888, p. 141. 
heraldica, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. (2) i. 1889, p. 127, fig., and 
Herp. Anyola, p. 161, pl. xvi. fig. 1 (1895). 
Nostrils turned upwards and outwards. Rostral small, broad, 
crescentic. Head covered with small, strongly keeled scales, smallest 
on the vertex; 11 scales round the eye; three series of scales 
between the eye and the labials; nasal separated from the rostral 
by two series of scales; 11 to 14 upper labials. Scales in 25 or 
27 rows, strongly keeled, outer row smooth. Ventrals 130-132; 
anal entire; subcaudals 19-28. Pale buff or greyish olive above, 
with three longitudinal series of grey or blackish spots, the outer 
ocellar, enclosing a white centre; head sometimes (V. heraldica) 
with a trident-shaped dark marking on the crown followed by a 
cross and two large markings on the occiput ; whitish beneath, 
with small dark spots. 
Total length 325 millim.; tail 26. 
Angola and Damaraland. 
3. Bitis atropos. 
Coluber atropos, Linn. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 22, pl. xiii. fig. 1 (1754), 
and §. N. i. p. 375 (1766). 
Cobra atropos, Laur. Syn, Rept. p. 104 (1768). 
