EAST AFRICAN SNAKES. 889 



CALAJfELAPS roLYLEPis Bocage. 



Blgi-, Cat. Snakes, iii. 1896, p. 24(5, 



Two specimens, one dug from a tormite moniid at Liimbo, the 

 otlier found in a bottle at Morogoro without date, hut as all 

 tlio other mntcvial in the bottle was local I have little doubt that 

 it was collecled in Tanganyika TeiTitovy, This species is only 

 known from Nyasaland and Angola before. 



Lumbo male measured 17| inches (405 + 47). Scales 19, 176, 

 v30, 6. The innximum number of caudals given in the Catalogue 

 is 27. 



RniNOCALAMU:"j MELEAGRis Sternf. 



Steraf. Mill;. Zool. Mus. Berl. iv. 1908, p. 244. 



Found on a path at Gonja (29. v. 16), measures 11| (269 + 25) ; 

 originally described from Lamu Is., K. C. I believe the identiii- 

 cation to be coriect, though the number of ventral scutes cannot be 

 determined as the snake was stepped on and slightly damaged. 

 It has 15 scales at mid-body, 28 subcaudals, 7 labials, and Avas pre- 

 sented to the E. A. tt U. Nat. Hist. Society at Nairobi, in whose 

 museum it now is. 



Aparallactus .tacksonii GUnth. 



Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. 1896, p. 256. 

 The longest of five specimens collected at Longido West 

 measured li^ inches (228 + 48). 



ApAIUU^ACTU.S WEIINEUI Blgl'. 



Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. 1896, p. 257. 



Single individual from Bagilo, Uluguru Mts., measured 10^ 

 inches (203 + 45). 



Aparallactus capensis Smith. 



Blgr. C;t,t. Snakes, iii. 1896, p. 259, 



Seventeen specimens collected at Lumbo about the I'oots of 

 grass or shrubs, or on the surface of the sandy soil in the early 

 morning. The largest of this good series was 47 ram,, less than 

 the maximum given in the Catalogue. 



Earlier in this paper I have referred to a worm snake being 

 eaten by this species in coniinement, 



Elapechis guentheri Bocage. 



Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. 1896, p. 359. 



One female from Nairobi (21.viii. 19) measuring 23f inches 

 (545 + 43), in whose stomach were four lizard's eggs measuring 

 8x4 mm. Is it ]>ossible that the snake had swallowed a pregnant 

 lizard ami that the gastric juice had not acted on the covering of 

 the eggs ? 



