1895.] BATBACHIAifS FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 537 



Intermediate between Z. jhrulentus, Geoffr. (Sc. 21 ; V. 201- 

 228 ; C. 82-100), and Z. brevls, Blgr. (Sc. 19 ; Y. 159 ; C. 76). 



31. Amploehinfs notot.tnia, Gthr. 

 A single specimen, in bad condition. 



.32. Hemiehagerehis kellehi, Bttgr. 



A single female specimen. Sunerdarler, 28.12.94. 

 Sc. 17 ; V. 153 ; A. 2 ; C. 73. 



33. PSAMMOPHIS SIBILANS, L. 



Two specimens. Sheikb Husein, 8.10.94. 



Like tbe typical form from Egypt, but without longitudinal 

 lines on the body ; head with the yellowish, black-edged markings 

 well-defined ; each upper labial with a brown spot ; lower third of 

 outer row of scales white. Y. 161, 168 ; C. 106, ?. 



34. PSAMMOPHIS PUNCTULATtTS, D. & B. 



Turf a, 21.8.94. 



A single male specimen, agreeing with the one recently figured 

 in Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xv. pi. iv. 



Head reddish above. 8 upper labials on the right side (fourth 

 and fifth entering the eye), 9 on the left. V. 180 ; C. 156. 



35. PSAMMOPHIS biseeiatus, Ptrs. 



Pour specimens. Shebeyli, 5.9.94 ; Turfa, 24.12.94. 

 Ventrals 147-164 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 100-103. 



36. PsAMMOPHis pulchee, sp. n. (Plate XXX. fig. 3.) 



Snout once and two thirds as long as the eye. Eostral broader 

 than deep, visible from above ; nostril between two shields ; inter- 

 nasals much shorter than the prffifrontals ; frontal twice and a half 

 as long as broad, a little narrower than the supraocular, longer 

 than its distance from the end of the snout, nearly as long as the 

 parietals ; loreal once and two thirds as long as deep ; two prse- 

 oculars, upper not reaching the frontal ; two postoculars ; tem- 

 porals 1-H2 ; eight upper labials, third deeper than fourth, fourth 

 and fifth entering the eye, fifth as long as the eye ; four lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are a little 

 shorter than the posterior. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 144; 

 anal divided ; subcaudals 108. Pale brownish above, with an 

 orange black-edged vertebral stripe and a black lateral streak, 

 running along the second row of scales and extending to the end 

 of the snout after passing through the eye ; upper lip, outer row 

 of scales, and outer ends of ventrals white ; venti-als yellow in the 

 middle, with an orange line on each side. 



Total length 435 millim. ; tail 160. 



A single female specimen. Webi Shebeli, 24.12.94. 



This species fills up the gap between P. hiseriatus, Ptrs., and 

 P. angolensis, Bocage. It is therefore a highly interesting addition 



