LIST OF SOUTH AFRICAN SNAKES. 459 



1. ASPIDELAPS LUBRICUS. 



Matrix lubrica, Laurenti, Syn. Rept. p. 80. 



Aspidelaps lubyicus, Boulcng., I.e. 



Cape Colony, South-West Africa, Rhodesia. 



Cape Colony : Cape Town (Layard) ; Durbanville (Schabort) ; Malmes- 

 bury (Gird & Lightfoot) ; Robertson (Hodges) ; Burghersdorp 

 (Kannemeyer) ; Clanwilliam (Lcipoldt, Smolke, Lightfoot) ; 

 Middelburg (Piers) ; Upington ; Hanover (Schreiner) ; Port 

 NoUoth (Howard) ; Namaqualand (Peringuey). 



Zambesi (Chapman). 



2. Aspidelaps scutatus. 



Cyrtophis scutatus, Smith, 111., Rept., App. p. 22. 

 Aspidelaps scutatus, Bouleng., t.c, p. 391. 

 Natal, Portuguese East Africa, Southern Rhodesia. 

 Portuguese East Africa ; Delagoa Bay (De Coster). 



31, ELAPECHIS. 

 Bouleng. Cat. Sn. iii. p. 358. 

 Three Species in South Africa. 



Portion of rostral visible from above not half as long as 

 its distance from the frontal, which shield is a little 

 shorter than the parietals ; diameter of eye less than 

 its distance from the nostril in the adult . . . . E. guentheri. 



Portion of rostral visible from above at least half as long 

 as its distance from the frontal, which shield is much 

 shorter than the parietals ; diameter of eye less than 

 its distance from the nostril in the adult . . . . E. sundevallii. 



Portion of rostral visible from above at least half as long 

 as its distance from the frontal, which shield is much 

 shorter than the parietals ; diameter of eye equal to 

 its distance from the nostril . . . . . . . . E. decosteri. 



1. Elapechis guentheri. 



Elapsoidea guentheri, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. i., 1866, p. 70, pi. i. fig. 3. 

 Elapechis guentheri, Bouleng., t.c, p. 359. 

 Tropical Africa, Transvaal. 



2. Elapechis sundevallii. 



Elaps sundevalli, Smith, 111., Rept. pi. Ixvi. 

 Elapechis sundevallii, Bouleng., t.c, p. 360. 

 Natal. 

 Estcourt. 



3. Elapechis decosteri. 



Elapsoidea decosteri, Bouleng., Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) ii., 1888, p. 141. 

 Elapechis decosteri, Bouleng., t.c, p. 360. 

 Portuguese East Africa, Zululand. 

 Delagoa Bay (De Coster). — Type. 



32. HOMORELAPS. 

 Jan, Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1858, p. 518 ; Bouleng. Cat. Sn. iii. p. 408. 



Two Species. 



Ventrals 160-215 . . . . . , . . . . . . H. lacteus. 



Ventrals 219-244 . . . . . . . . . . . . H. dorsalis. 



