374 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on Snakes from Natal. 
78. Platyglossus hortulanus, Lacép. 
opercularis, Gthr. 
80. —— trimaculatus, Q. & G. 
notopsis, K. & v. H. 
: nigromaculatus, Gthr. 
83. Julis amblycephalus, Blkr. 
umbrostigma, Riipp. 
dorsalis, Q. & G. 
86. Gomphosus varius, Lacép. 
87. Coris Greenoughii, Gthr. 
88. Merasfer Homet, Richards. 
gracilis, Blkr, 
parvipinnis, Kaup. 
91. Belone depressa, Gthr. 
92. Ophichthys colubrinus, Bodd. 
93. Murena Petelli, Blkr. 
94 jimbriata, Benn. 
95 undulata, Lacép. 
96. flavomarginata, Riipp. 
97. Gymnomurena marmorata, Lacép. 
98. Doryichthys sculptus, Gthr. 
excisus, Kaup. 
100. Balistes aculeatus, L. 
101. rectangulus, Bl. Schn. 
102. undulatus, Mungo Park. 
103. Monacanthus scopas, Cuv. 
104. - longirostris, Bl. Schn. 
105. melanocephalus, Bikr. 
106. Tetrodon papua, Blkr. 
107. Valentini, Blkr. 
108. Ostracion cubicus, L. 
XLIUI.—On some little-known Snakes from Natal. 
By G. A. BouLENGER, F.R.S. 
I Am indebted to Mr. Queckett, Curator of the Durban 
Museum, for an opportunity of examining a large collection 
of Snakes from the neighbourhood of Durban, comprising 
examples of several little-known species upon which it is 
deemed advisable to offer some remarks, 
Simocephalus capensis, Smith. 
A fine male specimen, measuring 1210 millim.; tail 165. 
Frontal slightly longer than broad, four fifths the length of 
