874 MR. A. lovehtdoe : notes on 



TyniLors excentricus Procter. 



Procter, Ann. A Mag. N. H. ser. 9, vol. ix. p. 685, June 1922. 



As only the type-specimen was taken during the two yeais 

 I resided at Kilosa it must be decidedly uncommon. 



GLAUCONIlDiE. 



Glauconia distanti Blgr. 



Blgr. Cat. Snakes, i. 1895, p. 62. 



As the type-locality of this species is Pretoria it was somewhat 

 of a surprise to find it so far north, hut Dr. JJoidonger has 

 kindly exnmined the Morogoro specimens for me. Thirteen 

 specimens in all were taken from Morogoro and Kilosa. 



The largest measured 6 inches (139-f 12), but the largest of 

 six Kilosa snakes was only 3p inches (78 + 6). 



The tail of the type was included 12 times in the total length, 

 but the range of Kilosa snakes is from 9 to 13 times, one speci- 

 men having a body length of 65 mm. had a tail 7 mm. long. 

 The diameter of the body into total length ranges from 48 to 56 

 as against 65 times in the type. Whilst the type had five lower 

 labials, two Kilosa snakes have four and three others only three ! 



Glauconia merkeri Werner. 



Wern. Jahresb. Ver. Nat- Wiirttemb. Ixv. 1909, p. 61, 



A single female from Mtali's, Mkalama Dist., where it was 

 fotind wriggling on the surface of the ground beneath a fig-tree 

 about 9 p.m. on 10.x. 22. The species is, I believe, only known 

 from the types which came from Moshi much faither east. 



My specimen is a female and is larger than the type by 52 mm. 

 Length of head and body 212 mm. Length of tail 15 mm. Dia- 

 meter of body 3*5 mm. The diameter, therefore, goes 64-8 times 

 into the total length as against 80-87 times in the types. The 

 tail goes 14 times as against 11|-13| times in the original spe- 

 cimens. It hf»s 4 upper labials. 



The colour is uniform blackish, the borders of the scales lighter. 

 Pupil red with a black ling. 



Glauconia emini Blgr. 



Blgr. Cat. Snakes, i. 1895, p. 64. 



A specimen found in a heap of dry manure on the golf links at 

 Dar es Salaam, 4. xii. 22, agrees with Boulenger's detcription of 

 G. emini except in the following points : — 



(i.) Flesh-colour. In life, however, semi-tiansparent, the 

 dorsal scales being minutely stij)pled with brown, the belly sciiles 

 quite transparent. A pinki.sh tinge imparted to the whole by the 

 blood-vessels which can be plainly seen. The type of 0. emini 



