374 C0LUBEII)J5. 



pale brown, with dark brown white-edged spots forming four longi- 

 tudinal series ; sometimes a darker vertebral line ; lower parts 

 yellowish or purplish brown, uniform or spotted with black. Adult 

 very variable in colour, brown or reddish, with more or less distinct 

 spots, often uniform dark brown or black. 



Total length 1700 miUim. ; tail 250. 



South Africa. 



A. Pale brown above. 



a-c. 2 (Sc. 29; V. 212; C.58), Cape of Good Dr. Lee [P.]. 

 hgr. (Sc. 29 ; V. 189 ; C. 50), Hope. 

 & yg. (Sc. 29 ; V. IBS ; C. 69). 



d. Yg. (Sc. 27 ; V. 205 ; 0. 55). Cape Cook. 



e. 3 (Sc. 31 ; V. 190 ; C. 70). S. Africa. Capt. H. C. St. John 



LP.]. 



/. S (Sc. 27 ; V. 187; C. 62). S. Africa. Mr. J. Abrahams [P.]. 



<j. Yg. (Sc. 29 ; V. 189 ; C. 70). S. Africa. Mr. A. Thomson [P.J. 



h. d (Sc. 29; V. 183 ; C. 58). S. Africa. 



i. Yg. (Sc. 31 ; V. 189; C. 63). S. Africa. (One of the tvpes of 



C. pliocarum. ) 



B. Dark brown or black. 



h. cJ (Sc. 27; V. 185: C. 66). Simon's Bay. H.M.S. 'Challenger.' 

 /. Hgr. (Sc. 31 ; V. 199 ; C. 51). Cape Town. Rev. G. H. Pt. Fisk 



m. 2 (Sc. 31 ; V. 209 ; 0. 54). Eobben Isl. Rev. G. H. R. Fisk ) 



[P- ■• I 



n-o. cJ (Sc. 31,31 ; V. 175, 184; S.Africa. College of Siir-f 



C. 65, 61). geons. J 



(Tvpes of C. phoeai-vm.) 

 2), J (Sc. 27; V. 184; C. 70). S.Africa. "Haslar Collection. 



C. Osteological specimens. 



q. Ad., skel. S. Africa. 



r. Skull. S. Alrica. 



53. ZAOCYS. 



Coryphodon, part., Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 107 (1858) ; Jan, Elenco 



sist. 0/(?. p.63(1863). 

 Zaocjs, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 563 ; Giinih. Hept. Brit. Ind, 



p. 256 (1864) ; Boideng. Faun. Ind., Mept. p. 329 (1890). 

 Herpetodryas, part., Jan, I. c. p. 80. 

 Zapyrus, Giinth. Mept. Brit. Ind. p. 256. 



Maxillary teeth 20 to 33, increasing in size posteriorly ; mandi- 

 bular teeth subequal. Head elongate, distinct from neck; eye 

 large, with round pupil ; a subocular beneath the prseocular. Body 

 elongate, a little compressed ; scales smooth or keeled, with apical 

 ])its, in 14,16, or 18 rows; ventrals rounded. Tail long; sub- 

 caudals in two rows. 



South-eastern Asia. 



