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2. PsAMMOPHis FURCATUS, Peters, i.e., p. 236 ; Bouleng., t.c, p. 164. 

 Cape Colony, Transvaal, Southern Rhodesia, South-West Africa. 



Cape Colony : Cape Town (Fisk), Burghersdorp (Kannemeyer), Little 

 Namaqualand (Peringuey, Schlechter), Ograbies (Strauss). 



Psammophis leightoni, Bouleng. P.Z.S., 1902, i. p. 126, pi. xii., I now 

 regard as not separable from P. furcatus, the chief difference 

 being that the dark and light markings on the back of the head 

 are transverse in the former, longitudinal in the latter. 



3. Psammophis transvaaliensis, Gough, Ann. Transv. Mus. i., 1908, 



p. 31. fig- 

 Transvaal. 



4. Psammophis trigrammus, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xv., 1865, 



p. 95, pi. ii. fig. E. ; Bouleng. Cat. Sn. iii. p. 159. 

 Namaqualand. 



5. Ps.A.MMOPHis BOCAGii, Bouleng. Cat. Sn. iii. p. 161, pi. viii. fig. i. 

 Southern Rhodesia, Angola. 



Victoria Falls (Sclater). 



6. Psammophis sibilans. 



Coluber sibilans, Linn. S. N. i. p. 383. 

 Psammophis sibilans, Bouleng., I.e. 



Psammophis thomasi, Gough, Ann. Transv. Mus. i., 1908, p. 30, fig. 

 Egypt, Tropical Africa, northern parts of South Africa. 

 Cape Colony : Little Namaqualand (Strauss). 

 Transvaal : Leydsdorp (Norton) ; Irene (Taylor). 



Rhodesia : Salisbury (Thomas) ; Mazoc (Alston) ; Kafue River 

 (Drury). 



7. Psammophis brevriostris, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr., 1881, 



p. 89 ; Bouleng., t.c, p. 166. 

 South Africa, Angola. 



Cape Colony : Cape Division (F. L. Alcock) ; Tulbagh (Kleinans). 

 Natal : Durban (Bowker) ; Pine Town. (McKerr). 



8. Psammophis jall.e, Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torin. xi., 1896, No. 255, fig. 

 Southern Rhodesia. 



Importuni District (Pillans). 



9. Psammophis crucifer. 



Coluber crucifer, Daud. Hist. Rept. vii. p. 189. 



Psammophis crucifer, Bouleng., I.e., p. 169. 



South Africa. 



Cape Colony : Cape Peninsula (Fisk, Taylor, Howes, Southey) ; StcUcn- 

 bosch (Purcell) ; Knysna (Groom) ; Port Elizabeth (Moorhouse, 

 Weale) ; Burghersdorp (Kannemeyer) ; Beaconsfield (French) ; 

 Grahamstown (Jupp) ; Beaufort West (Rice) ; Little Namaqua- 

 land (Scully, Schlechter). 



Transvaal : Krugersdorp (Watson) ; Johannesburg (Cregoe) ; Lydcn- 

 burg (Kilgour). 



Basutoland : Mori j a (Sclater). 



10. Psammophis angolensis. 



Amphiophis angolensis, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. iv., 1S72, p. 82. 



Psammophis angolensis, Bouleng., t.c, p. 170. 



East and Central Africa, Angola, Orange River Colony. 



