202 mr. g. a. boulenger on 



6. Boodon. 



Dum. & Bibr. Mem. Ac. Sc. xxiii. 1853, p. 460 ; Bouleng. Cat. 

 Sn. i. p. 327. 



Two species : — - 



Subcaudals paired JB. lineatus. 



Subcaudals single .. B. olivaceus. 



1. Boodon lineatus Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii. p. 363 ; 

 Bouleng. t. c. p. 332 ; Bocage, Herp. Ang. p. 78. 



Tropical and South Africa ; Arabia. 



2. Boodon olivaceus. 



Holuropholis olivaceus A. Dum. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1856, 

 p. 466. 



Boodon olivaceus Bouleng. t. c. p. 335 ; Bocage, op. cit. p. 81. 



"West and Central Africa, from Nigeria and Uganda to the 

 Congo. 



7. Lycophidium. 



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

 Sn. i. p, 336, 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Scales in 15 rows ; ventvals 153-165 ; subcaudals 23-32 ; 



8 upper labials, tbree entering the eye L. meleagris. 



II. Scales in 17 rows; ventrals 164^208 ; subcaudals 24-56. 



8 upper labials, seventh largest, two entering the eye L. laterale. 



8 upper labials, seventh largest, three entering the eye L. capense. 



7 upper labials, sixth largest, three entering the eye L. fasciatum. 



1. Lycophidium meleagris Bouleng, Cat. Sn. i. p. 337, pi. xxi. 

 fig. 2 ; Bocage, Herp, Ang. p. 82, 



Angola (Ambri?, Ambrizete). 



2. Lycophidium laterale Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1857, 

 p. 58 ; Bouleng. t. c. p. 338 ; Bocage, 1. c. 



West Africa, from the Gold Coast to the Congo. 



3. Lycophidium capense. 



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

 1831, p. 18. 



Lycophidium capense Bouleng. t. c. p. 339 ; Bocage, op. cit. 

 p. 81. 



Tropical and South Africa. 



4. Lycophidium fasciatum. 



Alopecion fasciatum Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 196. 

 Lycophidium fasciatum Bouleng. t. c. p. 342, pi. xxii. fig. 2. 

 West Africa, from Sierra Leone to the Gaboon, eastward to the 

 Cone - o Forest west of Mt. Ruwenzori. 



