968 UA.PT. STANLEY 8. EL0WER ON THE [Dec. 18, 



1\ inches ; snout to vent 2 feet 5| inches ; tail (tip broken) 2 feet 

 8 inches. 



Varanus ocellatus Eiipp. 



Two specimens obtained, White Nile. 



Family Scincid^e. 

 Mabuia striata (Peters). 



One specimen of this Skink caught at Fashoda on the 22nd of 

 March. 



Family Glauconiidje. 



Glauconia cairi (Dum. et Bibr.). 



A little Snake caught at Gabt-el-Meghahid is apparently of this 

 species, but unfortunately its somewhat shrivelled condition 

 prevents its being determined for certain. 



Family Boib-uE. 

 Python sebjb (Gmel.). 



A young Python of this species was caught on the bank of the 

 "White Nile, near the mouth of the Bahr-el-Jebel, 14th April. 

 Ventrals 280. Anal entire. Subcaudals 72. Scales in 93 rows. 



Family Coltjbridje. 

 Tropidonotus oliyaceus (Peters). 



Three specimens were caught in the sudd region of the Bahr-el- 

 Jebel in April. 



Chlorophis emini (Giinth.). 



Three Snakes of this species were caught in the sudd on the 

 Bahr-el-Jebel in April. 



Psammophis sibilans (Linn.). 



A specimen of colour-variety E (Blgr. Cat. Snakes, hi. p. 161) 

 was caught at Gabt-el-Meghahid in April : it had 1 prav and 

 2 postoculars, temporals 2 + 2, 8 upper labials (4th and 5th enter 

 eye), ventrals 183, subcaudals 100, and was in total length about 

 685 mm. 



V. BATEACHIANS. 

 Family EaniDjE. 

 Eana mascarensis Dum. et Bibr. 



One specimen caught a few miles south of Jebel Ain on the 

 22nd April ; this was the first and only batrachian I (or any of 

 our party) saw during the whole time we were south of Khartoum. 

 It was coloured olive and bronze, with indefinite markings. 



