14 Mr. (j. A. IJoulong'or ou Tiro umn 



Amussium andamanicum, Smith. 



Amvssium otidamnninim, Smith, Ann. iS: Ma?. Nat. Hist. 1894, vol. xiv. 

 p. 172, pi. V. tigs. 13, 14; op. cit. 1895, vol. xvi. p. 265. 



Hab. Laccadive Sea, 865-880 fatli. 



Lima indica, Smith. 



Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist 

 tigator,' pi. xiii. figs. 4, 4< 



Ilab. Station 232, off Travancorc coast, in 430 fath. 



Lima indica, Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1899, vol. iv. p. 251 

 Illust. Zool. ' Investigator,' pi. xiii. figs. 4, 4 a. 



II. — Descriptions of Two new Elapine Snakes from 

 the Congo. By G. A. BOULENGER, F.R.S. 



A SMALL series of reptiles brought liome from the Congo 

 by Drs. Dutton, Christy, and Todd, of the Liverpool School 

 of Tropical Medicine Expedition, contains examples of two 

 poisonous snakes which are new to science and of which I 

 have great pleasure in giving descriptions. The specimens, 

 which have been presented to the Britisli Museum, were 

 obtained near Leo[ioldville. 



Boulengerina Christy!. 



Rostral once and a half as broad as deep, just visible from 

 above ; internasals as long as the prefrontals, extensively in 

 contact with the pifeocular ; frontal small, not longer than 

 broad, broadest behind, forming very open angles in front 

 and behind, not quite as long as its distance from the rostral, 

 half as long as the parietals ; su|)raocular much narrower 

 than the frontal ; ])OSterior nasal in contact with the single 

 piffiocular; two or three postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 or 

 2 + 3; seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the 

 eye, fourth and tifth in contact with the lower postocular ; 

 four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; 

 posterior chin-sliii-lds narrower and a little shorter than the 

 anterior and se|)arated by one scale. Scales in 19 rows on 

 the neck, 17 on the l)ody. Ycntrals 221; anal entire; sub- 

 caudals 70. IMackish brown above, the nape and the anterior 

 third of the body with irregular pale brown and black cross- 

 bars, the black forming rings on the neck ; upper lip pale 

 blown, with black lines on the sutures between the sliields; 



