243 COLUBKID^. 



B. With )-ellowish dorsal spots. (Var. alhomaculata, Steind.) 



J- c. $ {V. 200 ; 0. 38) Gambia. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



&yg.(V. 202; 0.38). 



C. Uniform black. 

 d. ? (V. 208 : 0. 42). W. Africa. Mr. Eraser [C.]. 



9. Lycophidium abyssinicum. (Plate XXII. fig. 1.) 



Diameter of the ej'e greater than its distance from the mouth. 

 Rostral but little broader than deep, just visible from above ; inter- 

 nasals a little larger than the nasals ; prDefrontals as broad as long ; 

 frontal slightly longer than broad, as long as its distance from tlie 

 rostral, shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep; prse- 

 ocular a little larger than the supraocular, broadly in contact veith 

 the frontal ; tvro postooulars, both in contact with the parietal ; 

 temporals 1+2 ; eight upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering 

 the eye, seventh largest ; chin-shields very small, anterior in contact 

 vpith five labials. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 200 ; anal entire ; 

 subcaudals 33. Purplish brown above and beneath, the shields and 

 scales edged with white. 



Total length 200 millim. ; tail 20. 



Abyssinia. 



a. Hgr. (V. 206; C. 33). S. Abyssinia. 



10. LycopHdium fasciatum. (Plate XXII. fig. 2.) 



Alopecion faseiatiun, Oiinth. Cat. p. lf)6 (1858). 

 Lycophidium irroratum, part., Oiinth, Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (4) i. 

 "18158, p. 426. 



Diameter of the eye much greater than its distance from the 

 mouth. Eostral twice as broad as deep, visible from above ; inter- 

 nasals at least as large as the nasals, one halt to two fifths the 

 length of the praefrontals, which are broader than long ; frontal as 

 long as broad or broader than long, as long as or a little shorter 

 than its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter than the 

 parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; praeocular as large as or a little 

 smaller than the supraocular, forming a short suture with the frontal ; 

 seven upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye, sixth 

 largest ; anterior chin-shields longer and wider than the posterior, 

 and in contact with four or five lower labials. Scales in 17 rows. 

 Ventrals 180-198 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 34-56. Brown above, 

 with black cross bars or alternating transverse spots ; lower parts 

 dark brown, the shields edged with whitish. 



Total length 350 millim. ; tail 60. 



Guinea. 



a. ? (V. 185 ; C. 34). W. Africa. Mr. Rich [0.1. (Type.) 



6, Hgr. c? (V. 180; 0.42). Sierra Leone. 



