318 COLTJBEID^. 



internasals a little longer than broad, a little shorter than the 

 praefrontals ; frontal once and two thirds to twice as long as broad, 

 as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 

 parietals ; no loreal, prefrontal in contact with the second and 

 third labials ; one pra3- and two or «three postoculars ; temporals 

 1+2; nine upper labials, fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the 

 eye ; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 

 which are much shorter than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows, all 

 strongly keeled. Ventrals 184-202 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 

 92-110. Yellowish or greyish brown above, uniform or with dark 

 brown spots ; a more or less distinct dark streak on each side of 

 the head, passing through the eye ; upper lip yellowish, usually 

 with brown dots ; hinder part of body usually with four series 

 of brown spots, which become confluent into stripes on the tail ; 

 lower parts yellowish, usually more or less profusely powdered or 

 dotted with brown ; a more or less marked brown spot at the outer 

 end of the anterior ventrals. 



Total length 1000 millim. ; tail 310. 



Seychelles. 



a-c, d, e-g. S (V. 190 ; 0. ?), Seychelles. Prof. E. P. Wright [C], 



2 (V. 197, 202, 193 ; 0. 104, 



101, 108), & yg. (V. 196, 189, 



185; C.P, 92,109). 

 h. Hgr. (V. 185; C. 99). Seychelles. Sir J. Kirk [P.]. 



i. Skull. Seychelles. 



37. ABLABOPHIS. 



Coronella, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 50 (1837). 



Lamprophis, part., Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. (1847) ; Jan, 



Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 284. 

 Ablabes, part, Bum. Sr Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii. p. .304 (1854) ; Giinth. 



Cat. Col. Sn. p. 27 (1858). 



Maxillary teeth small, equal, 20 to 25 ; anterior mandibular 

 teeth longest. Head slightly distinct from neck ; eye moderate, 

 with vertically elliptic pupil. Body cylindrical ; scales smooth, 

 with apical pits, in 19 rows; ventrals rounded. Tail moderate ; 

 subcaudals in two rows. Hypapophyses developed throughout the 

 vertebral column. 



South Africa. 



1. AblabopMs rufulus. 



Coronella rufula, Zicht. Verz. Boubl. Mus. Berl. p. 106 (1823); 



Schley. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 74, pi. ii. figs. 18 & 19 (1837). 

 leucopilus, Smith, 8. Afr. Quart. Journ. (1) no. 6, 1881, 



p. 17. 

 Lamprophis rufulus, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Pept. pi. Iviii. (1847) ; 



Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 285, and Icon. Gin. 17, 



pi. iv. fig. 1 (1866). 

 Ablabes rufulus. Bum. 8f Bibr. vii. p. 308 (1854) ; Giinth. Cat. 



p. 30 (1858). 



