320 coLunEiDJi;. 



1. Tetralepis fruhstorferi. 



Teti-alepis fruhstorferi, Boettg. I. c. p. 125. 



Eostral broader than, deep, just visible from above ; suture between 

 the internasals considerably longer than that between the prse- 

 f rontals ; frontal once and one third as long as broad, slightly 

 longer than its distance from the end of the snout, considerably 

 shorter than the parietals ; nasal rather large, twice as long as 

 deep ; loreal as long as deep ; one prse- and two postoculars ; tem- 

 porals 1 + 2 or 1 + 1 + 2, anterior elongate ; four upper labials, third 

 entering the eye, fourth very long ; four lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. 

 Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 199-201 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 

 43. Dark reddish brown above, with an indistinct darker vertebral 

 line : lower surface plumbeous or reddish grey. 



Total length 502 millim. ; tail 70. 



Tengger Mts., Java, 4000 feet. 



39. LAMPROPHIS. 



Duberria, part., Fitzing. N. Class. Rept. p. 29 (1826). 



Coronella, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 50 (1887). 



Lamprophis, part., Smith, III. Zvol. S. Afr., Rept. (1847) ; Bum. ^■ 



Ribr. Erp. Gin. vii. p. 427 (1854) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. 



ii. 1863, p. 284. 

 Lamprophis, Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 195 (1858) ; Co2}e, Proc. Ac. 



Philad. 1864, p. 168. 



Maxillary teeth small, 15 to 18, anterior longest ; anterior man- 

 dibular teeth strongly enlarged. Head small, not distinct from 



Pig. 19. 



Maxillary and mandible of Lamprophis aurora. 



neck; eye moderate, with vertically subelliptic pupil. Body cjdin- 

 drical ; scales smooth, without pits, in 19 to 23 rows ; ventrals 

 rounded. TaU short, subcaudals in two rows. Hypapophyses 

 developed throughout the vertebral column. 

 South Africa. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Scales in 23 rows. 

 Internasals a little shorter than the prse- 

 f rentals ; loreal a little longer than 

 deep ; two pairs of chin-shields 1. aurora, p. 321. 



