636 MR. Q. A. BOULENGER ON THE 



1. ISTaIA HAIE. 



Coluber haie Linn, in Hasselq. Reise Palest, p. 366. 

 Naia haie Bouleng. t. c. p. 374. 



Borders of the Sahara, East Africa southwards to the Trans- 

 vaal and Zululand ; Palestine, Arabia. 



2. I^AIA MELANOLEUCA. 



Naia haie, var. melanoleuca Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1857, 

 pp. 61 & 72. 



Naia inelanoleuca Bouleng. t. c. p. 376. 



Tropical Africa, from IFganda and the Gold Coast to Nyassaland 

 and Angola. 



3. Naia nigricollis Reinh. Yid. Selsk. Skrift. x. 1843, p. 269, 

 pi. iii. figs. 5-7 ; Bouleng. t. c. p. 8^". 5 "^^ 



Senegambia, and Upper Egypt to Bechuanaland and Natal. 



5. Dendraspis. 



Schleg. Yersl. Zool. Gen. Amsterd. 1848 ; Bouleng. Cat. iSn. iii. 

 p. 434. " 



Synopsis of the Sj^ecies. 



A larse upper temporal, in contact with the whole outer border of 



the parietal ; scales in 15 to 19 rows D.Jamesonii. 



Two upper temporals, in contact with the outer border of the 

 parietal, the second separated from its fellow on the other 

 side by 3 or more scales or shields ; scales in 19 to 23 rows ... D. angusticeps. 



Two upper temporals, in contact with the outer border of the 

 parietal, the second separated from its fellow on the other side 

 \yy a single shield ; scales in 19 rows D. sjoestedti. 



1. Dbndraspis jamesonii. 



Elaps javiesomi Traill, in Schleg. Phys. Serp., Engl. Transl. 

 p. 179, pi. ii. figs. 19 & 20. 



Deiidraspis jamesonii Bouleng. t. c. p. 436. 



Tropical Africa, from Uganda and Nigeria to the Congo and 

 Angola. 



2. Dendraspis angusticeps. 



Naia angusticeps A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. pi. Ixx. 

 Dendraspis angusticeps Bouleng. t. c. p. 437. 

 East and Central Africa, Angola, South Africa. 



3. Dendraspis sjoestedti Lonnb. Wiss. Ergebn. Exped. 

 Kilimandj.-Meru, Rept. p. 17. 



British East Africa. 

 . Perhaps based on an aberrant specimen of the preceding 

 species. . .. _ . ■, 



