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Add :-— Page 277. ABLABES. 
Phragmitophis, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ix. 1862, p, 58. 
Entechinus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1894, p. 427 (1895). 
Page 279. Add a species :-— 
la. Ablabes herminz. 
Ablabes hermine, Boettg. Ber. Offend. Ver, Nat. 1895, p. 110. 
Snout pointed. Rostral small, a little broader than deep, just 
visible from above; nasal divided; eye small; suture between the 
internasals more than half as long as that between the preefrontals ; 
frontal as long as its distance from the end of the snout, much 
shorter than the parietals; loreal nearly twice as long as deep; one 
pree- and two postoculars ; temporals 1+2; eight upper labials, 
fourth and fifth entering the eye; four lower labials in contact with 
the anterior chin-shields, which are a little longer than the posterior. 
Scales in 17 rows, smooth, faintly keeled towards the base of the 
tail. Ventrals 163; anal divided; subcaudals 58. Grey above, 
white beneath, the grey extending to the sides of the belly; back 
dotted with black; some of the scales black-edged; upper lip 
yellowish white, the shields finely edged with grey. 
Total length 580 millim. ; tail 107. 
Loo Choo Islands. 
Aad Page 281. Ablabes tricolor. 
Phragmitophis tricolor, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (8) ix. 1862, 
p- 126. : 
A. 2 (V. 154; C.?). Singapore. H, N. Ridley, Esq, [C.]. 
Mae snc Page 284. Ablabes longicauda. 
Ablabes longicauda, Werner, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xlvi. 1896, 
ee 
Add fe Page 287. Grayia smythii. 
Grayia smythii, Giinth. Ann. § Mag N. H. (6) xv. 1895, p. 525. 
triangularis, Bocage, Herp. Angola, p. 102 (1895). 
—— ornata, Bocage, l. ¢. p. 104. 
n. Head and tail, bad state. Uganda. Scott Elliot, Esq. [P.]. 
Page 288. Add a genus :— 
105 a. OLIGOLEPIS. 
Oligolepis, Bouleng. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (6) xvi. 1895, p. 171. 
Maxillary teeth 30, small, closely set, equal; mandibular teeth 
equal. Head distinct from neck; eye large, with round pupil. 
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