156 COLtTBEID^. 



c. ? (V. 179; 0. 92). Gwalior. C. Maries, Esq. [E.]. 



d. 5 (V. 185 ; C. 94), Mumo Khalat, Balu- £. H. 0. Tulhell, 



chistan. Esq. [P.]. 



2. Psammophis notostictus. 



Psammophis silibans, part., GUnth. Cat. p. 136 (1858) ; Mocquard, 



Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) xi. 1887, p. 78. 

 moniliger, var. notostictus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, 



p. 237. 

 sibilans, var. stenocephalus, Socage, Jom. Sc. Lisb. li. 1887, 



p. 205, and Herp. Angola, p. 116 (1895). 

 notosticta, Matschie, Mitth. deutsch. Schutzgeb. v. 1893, p. 212 ; 



Boideng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 538. 

 sibilans, var. notosticta, Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1894, p. 92. 



Snout once and a half to once and two thirds as long as the eye. 

 Eostral broader than deep, visible from above ; nostril between two 

 or three shields ; internasals shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal 

 twice to twice and a half as long as broad, in the middle not more 

 than half as broad as the supraocular, longer than its distance from 

 the end of the snout, as long as or a little shorter than the parietals ; 

 loreal twice to twice and a half as long as deep ; two prseocnlars, 

 upper in contact with the frontal ; two (rarely three) postoculars ; 

 temporals 2+2 or 3 (rarely 1 + 2); eight upper labials, third 

 deeper than second and fourth, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; 

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

 are much shorter than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 

 157-171 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 81-104. Pale brown or olive 

 above, with a pair of more or less distinct lighter stripes, and with 

 or without small black spots ; each vertebral scale often yellow in 

 its posterior half ; head with dark spots but no longitudinal streaks ; 

 upper labials and usually prse- and postoculars yellowish white; 

 anterior labials often spotted with black ; lower parts and whole 

 or part of outer row of scales yellowish white, or olive with a 

 lateral yellowish stripe ; anterior ventrals often with small black 

 epots. 



Total length 785 millim. ; tail 225. 



South Africa, Angola, Lower Congo. 



a. S (V. 170 ; C. 88). Oape of Good Hope. Lord Derby [P.]. 



h. S (V. 169 ; 0. 85.) Lions Hill, Cape Town. Rev. G. H. R. Fisk 



[P.l 

 <;. c? (V. 161 ; C. 87). Cafiraria. J. P. M. Weale, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 d, e. S (V. 165 ; C. Orange R. Dr. Kannemeyer[P.]. 



86) & yg. (V. 171 ; 



C. 88). 

 J-g. ? (V. 162, 157 ; San Nicolao R., Little J. J. Monteiro, Esq. 



C. 83, 81). Fish Bay. [0.]. 



h. $ (V. 168 ; 0. 91). S. Africa. Zoological Society. 



