968 CAM. STANLEY 8. FLOWER ON THE [Dec. 18, 



1| inches ; snout to vent 2 feet 5| inches ; tail (tip broken) 2 feet 

 8 inches. 



Varanus ocellatus Eiipp. 



Two specimens obtained, White Nile. 



Family Scincid^;. 



Mabuia striata (Peters). 



One specimen of this Skink caught at Fashoda on the 22nd of 

 March. 



Family GlauconiidjE. 



Glauconia cairi (Duni. et Bibr.). 



A little Snake caught at Gabt-el-Meghahid is apparently of this 

 species, but unfortunately its somewhat shrivelled condition 

 prevents its being determined for certain. 



Family Boid.e. 

 Python sebjB (G-inel.). 



A young Python of this species was caught on the bank of the 

 AVhite Mle, near the mouth of the Bahr-el-Jebel, 14th April. 

 Ventrals 280. Anal entire. Subcaudals 72. Scales in 93 rows. 



Family Coltjbbid^. 

 Tropidonotus olivacetjs (Peters). 



Three specimens were caught in the sudd region of the Bahr-el- 

 Jebel in April. 



Chlorophis emini (Giinth.). 



Three Snakes of this species were caught in the sudd on the 

 Bahr-el-Jebel in April. 



Psammophis sibilans (Linn.). 



A specimen of colour- variety E (Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 161) 

 was caught at Gabt-el-Meghahid in April: it had 1 prae- and 

 2 postoculars, temporals 2+2, 8 upper labials (4th and 5th enter 

 eye), ventrals 183, subcaudals 100, and was in total length about 

 685 mm. 



V. BATEACHIANS. 

 Family Eanid^e. 

 Eana mascarensis Dum. et Bibr. 



One specimen caught a few miles south of Jebel Ain on the 

 22nd April ; this was the first and only batrachian I (or any of 

 our party) saw during the whole time we were south of Khartoum. 

 It was coloured olive and bronze, with indefinite markings. 



