92 



BOIDJS. 



2. Aspidites ramsayi. 



Aspidiotes ramsayi, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. vi. 1882, p. 813. 



Differs from the preceding in having the eye separated from the 

 labials by a subocular ; fourteen upper labials. Ventrals 293 ; 

 anal divided ; subcaudals 52, the four last divided. Greyish brown 

 above, variegated with indistinct darker brown bands and spots 

 over the entire upper surface from the head to the tail ; ventrals 

 ycUowiah, the basal portion of each shield dusky. 



Total length 1900 millim. ; tail 330. 



Port Bourke. 



7. CALABARIA. 



Calabarla, Oray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 154 ; Giinth. Cat. Col. 8n. 



p. 280 (1858). 

 Rhoptrura, Peters, Man. Perl. Ac. 1858, p. 340. 



Prsemaxillary and palate toothless ; anterior maxillary and man- 

 dibular teeth longest, gradually decreasing in size. Head not 

 distinct from neck, covered with shields ; rostral large ; nostril in a 

 single or semidivided nasal. No meutal groove. Eye very small, 

 with vertical pupil. Scales moderate, smooth. Tail short, thick, 

 not prehensile, rounded at the end ; subcaudals single. 



West Africa. 



1. Calabaria reiuhardti. 



Eryx reinhardtii, Schleg. Bijdr. tot de Dierh. i. p. 2, pi. — (1848) ; 



Fisch. Verh. nat. Ver. Ramb. (2) iii. 1879, p. 91, pi. iii. figs. 1-6. 

 Oalabai'ia fusca. Oral/, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 155, pi. xiv. ; Oiinth. 



Cat. Col. Sn. p. 280 (1858) ; F. Mull. Verh. nat. Ges. Basel, vii. 



1885, p. 675. 

 Bhoptrura reinhardti, Peters, Mon. Perl. Ac. 1858, p. 340. 

 petiti, SauDage, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1884, p. 202, pi. vi. 



%.4. 



Eostral as deep as broad, extending to the upper surface of the 

 snout, separated from the frontal by three pairs of transverse 

 shields; frontal broader than long, as long as or a little shorter 

 than its distance from the rostral, followed by an equally long or 

 shorter parietal ; two supraoculars ; a loreal ; one or two prae- and 

 one or two postoculars ; eight upper labials, fourth or third and 

 fourth entering the eye. Scales in 29 to 32 rows. Ventrals 221-239 ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 20-28. Reddish or purplish brown above, 

 with more or less numerous irregularly scattered yellowish spots. 



Total length 860 millim. ; tail 65. 



West Africa, from Liberia to the Congo. 



a. Ad. (V. 223 ; 0. 20). Old Calabar. (Type of C. fusca.) 



b-a. Ad. (V. 227, 224 ; Cameroons. Rev. J. Pinnock 

 0. 25, 25). [C.]. 



d. Ad. (V. 230; C. 24). Cameroons. 



e. Hgr. (V. 224 ; C. 24). Fernando Po. Zoolog. Society. 

 / Ad. (V. 233 ; 0. 23). Gaboon. Dr. J. G. Fischer. 

 y. Ad. (V. 221 ; 0. 21). W. Africa. 



