Mr. G. A. Boulenger on a new Snake from the Gold Coast. 273 



SkuU-measureme.nts o/'Geomjs graudis, ]\Ierriurai, and 

 liispidus {all old individuals). 



(jrandis. Merrldmi. hispidus. 



milliin. millim. millim. 



Basal length 080 (c.) 64 57 



Zygomatic breadth 43-8 47-5 39-G 



Posterior breadth 44-2 43-2 (c.) 39 



Nasals, length (c.)29 24-3 -I^i-i 



Least breadth of muzzle above niax- 



illo-premaxillary suture 10-2 15'U 11 '(J 



Interorbital breadth l(i-0 9-3 10 



Palate, length 507 47-8 42-2 



Diastema 2o-5 2(3 22-i 



Lengtli of upper tooth-series (crowns 



only) 14-5 il-2 llv 



XLVII. — Descri^dion of a new Snake front the Gold Coast. 

 By G. A. Boulenger. 



Uriechis anomala. 



Rostral twice as broad as deep, visible from above ; a single 

 prajfrontal, forming a very short suture with the pra^ocular, 

 the supraocular nearly reaching the internasal ; frontal once 

 and two thirds as long as broad, longer than its distance 

 from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; one 

 pr^- and one postocular ; seven u])per labials, third and 

 fourth entering the eye, tifth and sixth in contact with the 

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

 shields, which are as long as the posterior. Scales in 15 

 rows. Ventrals 170; anal entire; subcaudals 52. Pale 

 brown above, s])eckled with darker ; two dorsal series of 

 small dark brown spots; posterior half of each scale of the 

 outer row yellowish, surrounded by crowded dark brown dots ; 

 ventrals yellowish, speckled with dark brown in the middle j 

 subcaudals closely speckled witli dark brown. 



Total length 440 millim. ; tail 80. 



Closely allied to U. [Metopopkis) lineata^ Peters. 



A single male specimen from the Gold Coast ; presented 

 to the British Museum by Mr. Liunaius Greening. 



