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A. 30 scales round the middle of the body, 30 or 32 anteriorly. 

 a. Dark brown above, each scale with a small yellowish spot ; 

 each ventral scale yellowish in the centre and brown on the 

 borders. {T. punetatus, eschrichtii.) 



a. Hgr. Fantee. T. E. Bowditch, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of T. punctatus.) 



b. Hgr. Gambia. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



c. d-e. Ad. & yg. Monbuttu. Dr. Emin Pasha [P.l. 

 /. Hgr. Lado. Dr. Emin Pasha [0.]. 



h. Like the preceding but with scattered irregular yeUow blotches 

 above and below. 



ff- Yg. Monbuttu. ' Dr. Emin Pasha [P.]. 



c. Like a, but ventral scales uniform yellowish. 

 h, i. Ad. W. Africa. 



S. 24 to 28 scales round the middle of the body, 26 to 30 ante- 

 riorly. 



a. Dark brown above, each scale with a small yellowish spot ; 



each ventral scale yellowish in the centre and brown on the 

 borders. {T. lineolatus.) 



k. Ad. Angola. 



I Hgr. Monbuttu. Dr. Emin Pasha [P.J. 



b. Like a, but ventral scales uniform yellowish. (T. inter- 



medius, ancfolensis.) 



m. Yg. Gambia. Sir A. Moloney [P.]. 



n. Ad. Oameroons. 



0. Hgr. Oil River. H.H.Johnston, Esq. [P.], 



c. The yeUow spots on the upper surfaces confluent into longi- 



tudinal lines separated by black streaks ; lower parts 

 uniform yellowish. {T. nigrolineatus, Tcraussi.) 



p. Ad. Old Calabar. 



q. Hgr. Accra, Gold Coast. F. Tyrrell, Esq. [P.]. 



r. Yg. ? 



d. Black above, each scale paler, brownish, in the middle ; lower 



parts uniform yellowish. 

 s. Ad. Old Calabar. 

 t. Ad. ? 



e. Like d, with irregular yellow spots or large blotches above, or 



yellow with irregular black blotches above. (T. congestus, 

 barrowii, liberiends.) 



u. Ad. Fernando Po. H. Veitch, Esq. [P.]. 



V. Hgr. Ashantee. 



■w. Hgr. Sierra Leone. H. C. Hart, Esq. [P.]. 



X, y. Ad. & hgr. W. Africa. 



z. Hgr. ? Sir J. Barrow [P.]. 



(Type of 0. barromi.) 



