658 on the snakes of north-east africa. 



5. Atractaspis. 



A. Saiith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. ; Bouleng. Cat. Sn. iii. 

 p. 510. 



Spiopsis of the /Species. 



I. Anal divided ; subcaudals paired ; 4tli upper labial entering 

 ^ the eye; scales in 19 rows A. enqdaliUi. 



', II. Anal entire ; subcaudals all or mostly sing-le. 



4tli upper labial entering- the eye; a single large anterior 



temporal; scales in 31 rows A. philUpsi. 



3rd and 4tli upper labials- entering the eye ; temporals small; 



i scales in 23 rows A.leuconielas. 



prd and 4th upper labials entering the eye ; temporals small ; 



I scales ill 29 to 37 rows A. microlepidota. 



1. Atractaspis engdahlii Lonnb. & Anderss. Ark. f. Zool. viii. 

 1913, no. 20, p. 5. 



Somaliland. 



2. Atractaspis phillipsi Barbour, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washingt. 

 1913, p. 148. 



Sennar. 



3. Atractaspis leucomelas Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Geneva (2) xv. 

 1895, p. 16, pi. iv. fig. 2, and Cat, Sn. iii. p. 51 7„ 



Somaliland. 



4. Atractaspis microlepidota Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) 

 xviii. 1866. p. 29, pi. vii. fig. 3 ; Bouleng. t. c. p. 517. 



Egyptian Soudan, East and Central Africa. 



