596 ON BATEACHIANS AND REPTILES OF MATABELELAND. [May 11, 



36. Tarbophis semiannulatus A. Smith. 

 a. Bnlawayo. 



37. Leptodira hotambosia Laiir. 



a. Mazeppa Mine, Gwanda, 1 JSTov. 1907. 



38. Trimeroehinus trit^niatus Gthr. 



a-Ti. Bulawayo. 



Fairly common in the neighbourhood of Bulawayo. 

 " Umshlwazi." 



39. PsAMMOPHis suBTiENiATUS Peters. 



a. Bulawayo, 18 Sept. 1907. 

 h. Railway Terminus, Matopos, 6 July, 1907. 

 The latter was caught in the act of swallowing a lizard 

 {Agama sp.). 



40. PsAMMOPHis siBiLANS Linn. 



a, h. Bulawayo, 5 Aug. 1908. 



c, Swena's, Gwamayaya River, 23 Nov. 1907. 



d. Near Gwamayaya River, 24 Nov. 1907. 



41. Thelotornis kirtlandii Hallow. 



a. Bulawayo, 21 May, 1907. 

 h. Khami River, 21 April, 1900. 

 c, d. Empandene, Aug. 1908. 

 " Ukotikoti." 



These specimens seem to combine characters of divisions A and 

 B of the Brit. Mus. Catalogue, having the heads distinctly marked 

 and the black blotches on the necks present. 



42. DisPHOLiDus TYPUS A. Smith. 

 a-e. Bulawayo. 



" Indlondlo." 



43. Aparallactus capensis A. Smith. 

 a. Bulawayo. 



44. Elapechis guentheri Bocage. 



a. Bulawayo. 



h. Deka, about 50 miles south of Yictoiia Falls. 



45. Naia haie Linn. 



a-b. Bulawayo. 



G. Springvale Farm. 

 d. Railway Terminus, Matopos. 

 Blackish-brown examples, " C " of the Brit. Mus. Catalogue, 

 are by far the most common, and the natives call them 

 '■ Imamba." This name is used by the Zulus for Dendraspis 



