278 mr. g. a. boule-nfger on the 



7. Lyoophibitjm. 



Dum, & Bibr. Mem. Ac. Sc. xxiii. 1853, p. 462 ; Bouleng. Cat. 

 Sn. i. p. 336. 



Synopsis of the Sjiecies. 



I. Loreal separated from the eye by the prteocailar. 



A. 8 upper labials. 



1. Parietals considerablj^ longer than distance between frontal and end of 



snout. 



2 labials entering tbe eye, the diameter of which equals its dis- 



tance from the mouth ; ventrals 174-199 ; subcaudals 32-44 ... X. lateral e. 



3 labials entering the eye, the diameter of which exceeds its dis- 



tance from the mouth; ventrals 164-208 ; subcaudals 24-47... L- capense. 



2. Parietals not or but slightlj' longer than distance between frontal and end 



of snout. 

 3 labials entering the eye, the diameter of which is greater than 



its distance from the mouth ; ventrals 164-193 ; subcaudals 



32-53 Zi. irrorafnm. 



3 labials entering the eye, the diameter of wliicli is but slightly 



greater than its distance from the mouth ; ventrals 188-219 ; 



subcaudals 34-55 i. semicincttnii . 



B. 7 upper labials ; ventrals 178-198 ; subcaudals 30-56 Jb.fasciatnm. 



■ II. Loreal entering the eye. 



7 upper labials ; ventrals 185 ; subcaudals 43 L. iverneri. 



8 upper labials ; ventrals 225-253 ; subcaudals 66-74 L. elapoides. 



1. Lycophimubi laterale Hallow. Proc. Ac. Pliilad. 1857, 

 p. 58; Bouleng. t. c. p. 338. 



Gold Coast to Congo. 



2. Lycophidium irroeatum. 



Gohbber irroratus Leach, in Bowdicli, Miss. Asliant. p. 494. 

 Lycophidium irroratum Bouleng. t. c. p. 340. 

 Senegarabia to Gold Coast and N. Nigeria. 



3. Lycophidium capense. 



Lycodon capensis A. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Jouru. (1) no. 5, 1831,. 

 p, 18. 



Lycophidium capense Bouleng. t. e. p. 339. 

 Tropical and South Africa. 



4. Lycophidium semicinctum Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii. 

 p. 414; Bouleng. t. c. p. 341. 



Senegambia, French Guinea, N. Nigeria ; East Africa (?). 



5. Lycophidium fasciatum. 



Alopesion fasciatum Gunth.. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 196. 

 Lycophiditmi fasciatum Bouleng. t. c. p. 342. 

 Sierra Leone to Gaboon, eastwards to the Congo Forest west 

 of Mt. Paiwenzori. 



6. Lycophidium werneri Mocquard, Bull. Mus. Paris, 1902,. 

 p. 411. 



Gaboon. 



