10. TEOPIDONOTUS. 217 



blackish ; a black collar, edged with yellow ; belly and lower surface 

 of tail yellow, dotted with black. 



Total length 360 millim. ; tail 75. 



S.E. Celebes. 



14. Tropidonotus fuliginoides. 



Coronella fuliginoides, G'dnth. Cat. p. 89 (1858) ; Mocquard, Bull. 



Soc. Philom. (8) i. 1889, p. 145. 

 Meizodon longicaiida, Gilnth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (3) xii. 1863, 



p. 352, pi. V. iig. A ; Socage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. x. 1887, p. 184. 

 Coronella olivacea, part., Peters, Reise n. Moasamb. iii. p. 114(1882). 

 longicauda, Mocquard, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) xi. 1887, p. 69. 



Eye moderate. Kostral broader than deep, just visible from 

 above ; internasals as long as broad or a little broader, a little shorter 

 than the prfefrontals ; frontal once and two thirds to twice aa long 

 as broad, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep or a little deeper than 

 long : one (rarely two) prse- and three postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 ; 

 eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; four lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter 

 than the posterior. Scales smooth, in 17 rows. Ventrals 119-135 ; 

 anal usually entire ; subcaudals 76-95. Brown above, which colour 

 extends to the ends of the ventrals, usually with two light longitu- 

 dinal streaks or series of spots ; a yellow, black-edged nuchal collar ; 

 sometimes a large yellowish blotch on the parietals ; labials whitish, 

 edged with black ; ventrals yellowish, uniform or edged with black. 



Total length 410 mUlim. ; tail 140. 



Tropical Africa. 



fl. c? (V. 127; C. ?). W.Africa. Haslar Coll. I /Tvt,»= ^ 



*. J (V. 129 ; C. 83). W.Africa. Mr. Eich [C.]. ( *■ •'^P'^®''' 



c. Yg. (V. 126 ; C. 78). W. Africa. J. C. Salmon, Esq. [P.]. 



d. 2 (V. 134; C. 75). Ancober River, Major Burton & Uapt. 



(jold Coast. Cameron [P.]. 



e. Hgr. 2 (V. 132 ; C. ?). Lagos. 



/•. (J (V. 130 ; C. ?). Old Calabar. W. Logan, Esq. [P.]. 



g. 2 (V. 133; C. 82). Old Calabar. 



h. ? (V. 134; C. ?). Fernando Po. Dr. A. Guntlier [P.]. 



(Type of M. longicauda.') 

 i. 5 (V. 135; C. 80). Fernando Po. Sir A. Smith [PA 



k. Hgr. S (V. 123; C. ?). Gaboon. H. Ansell, Esq. [P.]. 



15. Tropidonotus variegatus. 



Mizodon variegatus, Peten, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1861, p. 358. 



Closely allied to the preceding. Loreal deeper than long ; two 

 prae- and three postoculars"; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 

 entering the eye ; posterior chin-shields twice as long as anterior. 

 Scales smooth, in 15 rows. Ventrals 143 ; anal divided ; sub- 

 caudals 76. Head dark brown, anterior part of parietals lighter ; 

 sutures between the labials black ; a light nuchal collar ; a blackish 



