1900.] 



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58. Hapsidophbys lineata Fisch. 

 Hah. Liberia to Congo. 



59. Ehamnophis iETHiops Gthr. 

 Hah. Liberia to Gaboon. 



60. Thrasops elayigulabis Hallow. 

 Hah. Sierra Leone to Congo. 



61. Gbayia smythi Leach. 



Hah. Liberia to Angola. 



1 have re-examined all the specimens in the British Museum in 

 the light of the remarks recently made by Prof. Barboza du 

 Bocage (Herp. dAngola et du Congo, pp. 102 & 104) and by 

 Dr. Mocquard (Bull. Soc. Philom. [8] ix. 1897, p. 9), and although 

 I admit the possibility of several species being confounded under 

 the Dame of G. smyihi, I am unable to separate them into two 

 by means of the characters pointed out by these amhorities. 

 This is obvious from the following tabulation of the shields and 

 scales in the specimens examined by me : — 



6- 



6- 

 2 

 2- 

 3. 



Yg. 



Yg. 



Yg. 



Yg. 



2- 

 ?• 

 d. 



Yg. 

 Yg. 

 Yg. 

 6- 

 Her 



Sierra Leone 



Oil River, Camaroous 



Camaroons, opposite Fernando Po 

 Gaboon 



Lambarene, Gaboon .. 

 Cette Cama, Gaboon.. 

 Mouth of the Loango 



Boma, Congo 



Monsembe, Congo 



Congo 



Central Africa 

 — ? 



Upper 

 labials. 



Scales. 



17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 19 

 17 

 19 

 19 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 19 

 17 



i 

 Ventrals. Caudals. 



148 

 154 

 161 

 161 

 147 

 147 

 153 

 145 

 154 

 147 

 159 

 147 

 155 

 152 

 148 

 150 

 149 



97 

 99 

 89 



? 



9 



82 

 80 

 ? 



99 

 93 

 96 

 98 

 95 

 91 

 74 

 83 

 101 



Mocquard gives 19 as the number of scales in G. ornata=furcata, 

 but the types of both these supposed species are described as having 

 only 17. A much larger material than was accessible to Bocage, 

 Mocquard, and myself is required before the variations of the 

 forms of this genus can be properly understood. 



62. DlPSADOMORPHUS PTTLVEBULENTUS Fisch. 



Hah. Liberia to Anrrnla. 



