322 coinBEiDiE. 



the pr83frontals ; frontal once and a half as long as hroad, longer 

 than its distance from the end of the snout; loreal nearly thriee as 

 long as deep ; fourth and fifth upper lahials entering the e5'e ; two 

 pairs of equal chin-shields. Scales in 23 rows. Ventrals 170 ; 

 anal entire; suhcaudals 54-61. Uniform brown above, brownish 

 white inferiorly. 



Total length 260 millim. ; tail 45. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



a. Hgr. (V. 170 ; 0. 61). Cape of Good Hope. Dr. Lee [P.]. 



3. LampropMs fiskii. 



Lamprophis fiski, Boitleng. Proc, Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 398, pi. xxxiv. 



Kostral broader than deep, not visible from above ; internasals 

 longer than the prefrontals ; frontal once and one fourth as long 

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

 than the parietals ; loreal a little longer than deep ; one praeocular, 

 not touching the frontal; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 ; eight 

 upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; a single pair of 

 chin-shields, in contact with four lower labials. Scales in 23 rows. 

 Ventrals 178; anal entire; suhcaudals 35. Lemon-yellow on the 

 five median rows of scales, with large blackish-brown spots forming 

 a single series anteriorly, a double alternating series posteriorly ; 

 head lemon-yeUow above, with symmetrical blackish-brown mark- 

 ings, viz. an. oblique band on each side of the occiput, a horseshoe- 

 shaped band passing through the eyes and across the snout, and a 

 bar across the frontal ; lateral scales of body and tail brown in the 

 centre and yellowish white on the borders ; upper lip and lower 

 parts white. 



Total length 315 miUim. ; tail 38. 



South Africa. 



a. Hgr. (V. 178 ; C. 35). Touw's Eiver. Eev. G. H. E. Fisk [P.]. 



(Type.) 



4. Lamprophis fuscus. (PiATii; XX. fig. 4.) 



Kostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals 

 half as long as the praefrontals ; frontal once and one third as long, 

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

 as long as the parietals ; loreal a little longer than deep ; one prsB- 

 and two postoculars ; temporals 1 -|- 2 ; seven upper labials, third 

 and fourth entering the eye ; two pairs of very short chin-shields, 

 the anterior in contact with four lower labials. Scales in 19 rows. 

 "S'eutrals 198 ; anal entire ; suhcaudals 58. Uniform brown above ; 

 upper lip, two outer ro-ws of scales, and lower parts yellowish. 



Total length 560 millim. ; tail 100. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



a. ,S (V. 198 ; C. 58). Cape of Good Hope. 



