1895.] BATBACHIANS FROM WESTESN SOMALI-LAND. 539 



Snout once and a half to once and two thirds as 

 long as the eye ; Tsutrals 153-163 ; subcaudals 



64-95 12. hrevirostris, Ptrs. 



C. Eostral a little broader than deep, scarcely 



visible from above; snout twice to twice 



and a half as long as the eye ; nine upper 



labials, fifth and sixth entering the eye ; 



ventrals 179-202; subcaudals 144-161 13. eleffans, Shaw. 



II. Scales in 15 rows. 



Nine or t«n upper labials (rarely eight) ; ventrals 



142-164; subcaudals 100-131 14. biseriatiis, Vtrs. 



Eight upper labials (rarely seven) ; ventrals 136- 



155; subcaudals 62-81 15. critcifer, Baud. 



III. Scales in 13 rows ; ventrals 144 : subcaudals 



108 16. pukher, sp. n. 



IV. Scales in 11 rows; ventrals 141-155; sub- 

 caudals 57-81 17. anffolensis, Bomge. 



37. Ehamphiophis oxxRHTifCHrs, Eeinh. 



Two specimens. Booree, 27.11.94. 

 V. 171, 170 ; C. ?, 109. 



38. Causus rhombeatus, Licht. 



Two specimens. Sheikh Husein, 16.9.94 ; Durro, 2.12.94. 

 Sc. 20 ; V. 158, 166 ; C. 27, 25. 



39. Ateactaspis mickolepidota, Grthr, 



A single female specimen. Tooroo, 5.1.95. 

 Sc. 31 ; V. 252 ; A. 1 ; C. 28, single. 



BATEACHIANS. 



1. Eana delalandii, D. & B. 



Tuago, 27.10.94; Webi Shebeli, 24.12.94; Sheikh Husein, 

 25.9.94. 



2. Eana mascareniensis, D. & B. 

 Tooroo, 5.1.95 ; 16.1.95. 



3. Abthroleptis minxjttjs, sp. n. (Plate XXX. fig. 4.) 



Tongue with a free papilla in the middle. Head moderate, as 

 long as broad ; snout rounded, a little shorter than the diameter 

 of the orbit ; canthus rostralis rounded ; tympanum hidden, 

 ringers and toes blunt; first finger shorter than second; toes 

 webbed at the base, the web extending as a fringe to the tip ; a 

 tarsal tubercle; a small, oval inner metatarsal tubercle; sub- 

 articular tubercles strong. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 

 the posterior border of the eye. Skin smooth. Blackish brown 

 above, whitish beneath ; a fine whitish vertebral line. Male with 

 a subgular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 16 millim. 



A single male specimen. Durro, 2.12.94, 



