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Tlie larger liad ton eggs in the ovary, the smaller nine. Both 

 stomachs wore empty of food, but the one was afllicted with 

 immature and, therefore, indeterminate worms of the genus 

 rhysaloptera, as was also a specimen taken a few days later. 



Leptodiha hotambceia Laur. 



BIgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. 1 896, p. 89. 



Two specimens from Garngua and Mwanza. 



The latter had 20 and not 19 scale-rows at mid -body. Instead 

 of the white frecklings usual in East African lleiaJd Snakes it 

 had transverse wavy white lines, one-scale wide, all along tlie 

 hack, which gave it a very Causus-like appearance. When 

 annoyed these Herald Snakes flatten their heads till the white 

 lips can be seen from above ; the body is also depressed and ilung 

 about spasmodically, giving the reptile a very viperish aspect. 



I have always found them vicious and ready to bite on 

 the least provocation ; one specimen introduced into a vivarium 

 where there were already a couple of larger snakes [P. sililans 

 and A', oxyrhynchus) bit them both, but neither appeared to sull'er 

 any ill effects. 



Cham^toutus aulious Giinth. 

 Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. 1896, p. 98. 



I have only come across three specimens of this scarce snake in 

 the past eight years : one was much battered in the roadway at 

 Mvvomero, another was found, without data, in a bottle in a 

 German house at Morogoro in 1916, and recently (26. iv. 21) 

 a young one at Chanzuru near Kilosa which had the remains of 

 a gecko (apparently Lygodactylus sp.) in its stomach. 



Amploriiinus NOTOTiENiA Giinth. 

 Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. 1896, p. 125. 



Two specimens. A young male from Kilosa, and a femsvle 

 from Mkata Iliver. The former was crossing open ground, and 

 the latter was twisted into the side of a gxa.-s hut, about feet 

 from the ground. In its ovary were two eggs, 12 mm. long 

 (27. viii. 21). In its stomach the remains of a gecko {Lyyo- 

 dactylus picturatrts) , and it was apparently stalking another 

 which was close to it at time of captuie. 



Teimehouuinus TRiTiENiATUs Giinth. 



Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. 1896, p. 139. 



Two specimens from Arusha and Nairobi. I take this oppor- 

 tunity of correcting an error of mine when 1 referred these 

 specimens to Fsavimophis hrevirostris * Peters. The Naiiubi 

 example was taken from beneath a latrine seat ! 



* Journal E. A. & U. N. II. Soc. No. 13. 1918; p. 320. 



