632 ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA, 
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69 a. RHAMNOPHIS. 
Rhamnophis, Giinth, Ann. § Mag. N. H. (8) ix. 1862, p. 129, and 
Zool, Rec. 1864, p. 122. 
Crypsidomus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 309. 
Maxillary teeth 20 to 23, the three last longest and separated 
from the rest by an interspace ; anterior mandibular teeth feebly 
enlarged. Head rather short, distinct from neck; eye very large, 
with round pupil. Body compressed; scales very narrow, smooth 
or keeled, with apical pits, disposed obliquely, in 17 or 19 rows, 
vertebral row enlarged; ventrals ey keeled laterally. Tail 
long; subcaudals in two rows. 
Tropical Africa. 
Might be united with 7'hrasops. 
1. Rhamnophis zthiops. 
Rhamnophis ethiopissa, Giinth. Ann. § Mag N. H. (8) ix. 1862, 
p- 129, pl. x. 
Crypsidomus wethiops, Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1888, p. 64. 
Chrysidomus eethiops, Matschie, Zool. Jahrb. v. 1890, p- 616. 
Rostral much broader than deep, visible from above; internasals 
as long as the prefrontals; frontal bell-shaped, little longer than 
broad, as long as or a little longer than its distance from the end of 
the snout, as long as or a little shorter than the parietals; a pair 
of very large occipitals may be present ; loreal nearly twice as long 
as deep; one preocular, in contact with or narrowly separated 
from the frontal; two postoculars ; temporals 1 or 1+2; eight 
upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; four or five lower 
labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter 
than the posterior. Scales smooth, in 17 rows. Ventrals 158-179 ; 
anal divided ; subcavdals 140-158. Black above, each scale with 
a green streak; head pale olive, the shields spotted and edged with 
black ; yellowish or pale olive beneath, outer ends of ventrals green, 
edged with black ; subcaudals with three black streaks. 
Total length 1500 millim. ; tail 530. 
Guinea. 
a. Hgr. (V.175; C. 152), W. Africa, (Type 
b. 2 WW. 158; C. 140). Liberia. Di. Bultkotr [0 
ce. Hgr.(V. 159; C. ?). Sierra Leone. Sir A. Te 
d. 2 (V. 179; 0. 158). Fernando Po. Dr. Statham [P. 
e. d (V. 169; C. 141). Gaboon. 
2. Rhamnophis jacksonii. 
Thrasops jucksonii, Giinth. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (6) xv. 1895, p. 528. 
Differs from the preceding in the larger rostral, which is but 
little broader than deep, the shorter loreal, three postoculars, 
