338 coLUBEiDji;. 



2. Lycophidium acutirostre. 



Lycopliidium acutirostre, Gilnth. Ann. I^- Mag. N. H. (4) i. 

 p. 427, pi. xix. fig, D. 



Diameter of the eye hardly equal to its distance from the mouth. 

 Eostral twice as broad as deep, just visible from above ; internasals 

 a little larger than, the nasals ; prsef rentals a little broader than 

 long ; frontal a little longer than broad, as long as its distance from 

 the end of the snout, much shorter than the parietals ; loreal 

 longer than deep ; prteocular larger than the supraocular, broadly 

 in contact with the frontal ; two postoculars, both in contact with 

 the parietal; temporals 1 + 2 or 2 + 3; eight upper labials, third, 

 fourth, and fifth entering the eye, seventh largest ; chin-shields 

 very small, the anterior in contact with four or five lower labials. 

 Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 140-150 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 

 18-28. Blackish brown, uniform or ventrals and lateral scales 

 edged with whitish ; sides of the head and end of snout whitish 

 with brown spots. 



Total length 295 millim. ; tail 30. 



Zanzibar. 



a-e. d (V- 146 ; 0. 21) & $ Zanzibar. Sir J. Kirk [C.l. (Types.) 



(V. 140, 143, 146, 150; 



C 2'^ 24 ^S 18") 

 /. Ho-iC'(V.'i4(l ; 0.' 28). Zanzibar. Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 



3. Lycophidium laterals. 



Lycophidion laterale, Halloio. Proc. Ac, Philad. 1857, p. 58. 

 Lycophidium capense, var. lateralis, Boettg. Ber. Senck. Gts. 1888, 

 p. 68. 



Diameter of the eye equal to its distance from the mouth. Ros- 

 tral twice as broad as deep, visible from above ; internasals hardly 

 as large as the nasals ; prsefrontals a little longer than broad ; 

 frontal as long as broad or a little longer, shorter than its distance 

 from the end of the snout and than the parietals ; loreal longer 

 than deep ; praeocular rather larger than the supraocular, broadly 

 in contact with the frontal ; two postoculars, both in contact with 

 the parietal; temporals 1+2; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 

 entering the eye, seventh largest ; chin-shields very small, the 

 anterior in contact with four or five lower labials. Scales in 17 

 rows. Ventrals 176-188 ; anal entire; subcaudals 32-44. Brown 

 or blackish above, uniform or with more or less distinct large pale 

 brown or yellowish spots on the back ; two yellow streaks on each 

 side of the head, confluent with each other and with their fellows on 

 the snout. 



Total length 490 millim. ; tail 60. 



Coast of Guinea. 



a. O rv. 186 ; C. 32). Accra, Gold Coast. A. Higlett, Esq. [P 1 



b-c. cS (V. 178 ; 0. 43) Cameroons. 

 & 2 (V.181: C.35). 



