LYCODON GUTTATUS. 



commencement of the neck. Tail slender, and tapered to a sharp point. 

 The front teeth of the maxillary row and of the lower jaw rather longer than 

 the rest. Scales small, somewhat diamond-shaped, and disposed in oblique 

 rows between the centre of the back and the abdominal plates ; on and ap- 

 proaching the tail, they are much broader than they are towards the head, 

 and not so regularly shaped. Behind the eye two scales, in front one, and 

 anterior to the latter a very small frenal. Abdominal plates, 196. Subcaudal 



scales, 72 in each row. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Lengtli from the point of the nose to the anus 



Length of the tail 



Circumference at the thickest point 



This snake, so far as I know, has not been found within the limits of the colony of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, and the only specimens I acquired were obtained during the 

 movements of the expedition party beyond Kurrichane, and were all found in rudely con- 

 structed stone-walls. It was of a mild disposition, and scarcely attempted to escape when 

 the fabric was demolished in which it was concealed. 



