EAST AFKICAN SNAKKS. 875 



uniformly blnckish, similnr to spocimens collected by tlie writer 

 at Nnirobi, but there is a specimen from Kosa Kola, Lake Nyasa, 

 in the J3ritish Museum, which is also pale tending to orange on. 

 the back and has been referred to G. emini by Dr. Boulenger. 



(ii.) Posterior border of the rostral does not nearly extend to 

 the level of the eyes as against " not extending quite to the 

 level of the eyes." In the Catalogue description the Lake Nyasa 

 specimen is like mine in this respect also. 



(iii.) The diameter of the body goes 57 times into the total 

 length as against 50-55 times. 



I think there is no doubt, however, that I am correct in 

 referring my specimen to G. emini, which has already been 

 recorded from the extreme west of the Territory, the type-locality 

 is Victoria Nyanza. The present record shows that its range 

 extends right to the coast in the east. 



Length of head and body 102 mm. Tail 13 mm. Diameter 

 of body 2 mm. The length of tail goe^ 9^ times into the total 

 length. 



Glauconia liONGicAUDA Peters. 

 Blgr. Cat. Snakes, i. 1895, p. 66. 



Four specimens taken at Lumbo, Mozambique. 



The longest of these measured 4| inches (1104-12), all were 

 females. This snake is far more slender than an average earth- 

 worm and of a very transparent flesh -colour. All weie taken 

 among the roots of bushes when some land was being cleared of 

 stumps for a camp site. 



One which was brought to mo in the early morning was 

 drof)ped into a cigarette tin containing several Lycophidium 

 sriniannnlis and Aparallactus capensis from the same habitat. 

 On opening the tin about 6 p.m. the worm snake was found to be 

 missing, l)ut by holding up the other snakes to a strong acetylene 

 light it was located in the stomach of a Cape Black-headed Snake. 

 It was the M'ork of a few minutes to chloroform the latter, 

 but the worm snake was already too far digested to be worth 

 preserving. 



PYTHONlDiE. 



Python sEByE Gmel. 



Clgr. Cat. Snakes, i. 1893, p. 83. 



Eight specimens, Rumi-uli, Ilonga, Chanzuru, Kilosa, and 

 Usshoia. 



Three of these were young specimens sent me by Mrs. Billinge 

 of IlumruH, Iringa, who wrote that the natives had killed a female 

 jiython, whose unstretched skin measured 20 feet, and which had 

 34 young ones with it. She adds that the natives never attack 



