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COLUBEIDJB. 



i-K. 2 ("V. 230, 225 ; C. 49, 48). Orange River. 



A. Yg. (V. 219 ; C. 52). Near Grahamstown. 



/x. 2 (V. 217; 0.60). 

 1-. d (V. 209; 0.66). 



I 2 (V. 225; O.F). 



Port Natal. 

 Natal. 



Port Elizabeth. 



D. Scales in 31 rows. 

 .-. 2 (V. 232 ; 0. 55). Taveta, E. Africa. 



w. Hgr. 2 (V. 216; 0. 62). 

 p. 2 (V.230; 0.62). 

 <r. Hgr. 2 (V. 218 ; 0. 47). 

 T. Hgr. c? {V. 202 ; 0. 62). 

 V. 2 (^'.220; 0.52.) 



0. 2 fV. 221 ; 0. 53). 

 X- 2 (V- 225 ; 0. 49). 



Ooast of Guinea. 



Ashantee. 



Sierra Leone. 



Oongo. 



Pungo Andongo. 



Cape of Gofid Hope, 

 King William's 

 Town. 



Dr. Kannemeyer 



[P.]. 

 Rev. G. II. R. 



Fisk [P.]. 

 Mr. T. Ayres [0.]. 

 E. Hewlett, Esq. 



Mr, 



[P.l- 

 r. J. 



[P.]. 



Drege 



Keith Anstruther, 

 Esq. [P.]. 



Dr. WelwitBch 



[P.]. 

 Chatham Mus. 

 J. P. M. Weale, 



Esq. [P.]. 



7. Boodon fuliginosus. 



Lycodon fuliginosus, Bote, Isis, 1827, p. 651. 



unicolor (non Bote), Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p 112 (1837). 



Bosedon unicolor. Bum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 369 (1854) ; Oiinth. Cat. 



p. 199 (1858) ; A. Bum. Arch. Mus. x. 1859, p. 194, pi. xvii. 



iig. 1 ; Jan, Icon. Gin. 36, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1870) ; Boettg. Abh. Seiick. 



Oes. xii. 1881, p. 398. 

 Boodon fuliginosus, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xii. 1891, p. 15. 



Eye rather small. Rostral broader than deep, just visible from 

 above ; internasals shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal once and 

 a half to once and two thirds as long as broad, as loug as its dis- 

 tance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal at 

 least twice as long as deep ; one or two praeoculars, in contact with 

 the frontal; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2, rarely 2 + 2 ; eight 

 or nine upper labials, two or three ot which enter the eye ; three 

 or four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which 

 are as long as or a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 27 to 

 31 rows. Ventrals 205-237; anal entire; subcaudals 47-67. 

 Uniform blackish brown above, whitish inferiorly. 



Total length 850 millim. ; tail 100. 



Soudan. 



a. Yg. (Sc. 31; V, 214; 0. 64). Cape Yuhi. 



b. <S (Sc. 31; V. 221; 0. 60). Semmio. 



c. e (Sc. 27 ; V. 205 ; 0. 62). W. Africa. 



d. Hgr.(Sc. 29 ; V. 224 ; 0. 47). Africa. 



e. 2 (Sc. 31 ; V. 237 ; 0. 49;. Africa. 



Fischer Collection. 

 Hr. F. Bohndoiff 

 [0.]. 



Prof. Grant [P.]. 



