171. PSAMMOPHIS. 163 



3. A.S in A, but no trace of a light vertebral line. 

 xi-b. d (V. 167, 167; Minia. Dr. J. Anderson [P.] 



C. 116, ?). 



■C. Uniform brown or greyish olive above, the markings on the 

 head very indistinct; upper lip and lower parts, including 

 lower third of outer row of scales, uniform yellowish white. 



a. 9 (V. 168 ; C. ?). Egypt. J. Burton, Esq. [P.], 



*. H?r. (J (V. 168; Mekalla el Kobra. Dr. J. Anderson [P.], 

 0. 109). 



c. cJ (V. 159; 0. 103). Fayoum. Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 



d. 2 (V. 172; 0. 114). Luxor. Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 



D. Brown or olive above, with lateral streaks and head-markings 



as in A ; vertebral line absent or reduced to a series of yellow 

 dots, one on each scale ; upper lip with brown or black dots ; 

 lower parts, including lower half of outer row of scalps, white, 

 with a continuous or interrupted black longitudinal line on 

 each side of the belly. 



M. 2 (V. 165 ; 0. ?). Mekalla el Kobra. Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 



J. Hgr. (V. 180 ; 0. ?). Wadelai. Dr. Emin Pasha [P.]. 



c. Hffr.fV. 167; 0.102). Mt. Elgon, 6000- F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



^ 7000 ft. [P.]. 



d. Yg. (V. 159 ; 0. 110). Kilimandjaro. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



e-f, (J (V. 157 ; 0. 106) Mouths of Niger. Alvan Millson, Esq. 



& 2 (V. 159 ; C. 102). [P.]. 



0. Yg. (V. 157 ; C. 105). Lagos. Sir A. Moloney [P.]. 

 h 2 (V. 172 ; 0. ?). Gambia. Lord Derby [P], 



l Yg. (V. 164; 0. 106). W. Africa. Mr. Rich [Cf. 



k. Yg. V. 161 ; 0. 97). W. Africa. Mr. Eaddon [0.]. 



1. Hgr. (V. 166 ; C. 97). F 



E. Uniform brown or olive above, with more or less distinct traces 

 of the markings on the head ; upper lip yellowish, with brown 

 or blackish dots ; lower parts, including lower third or lower 

 half of outer row of scales, yellowish, with a brown or black 

 line on each side of the belly. 



«. Hgr. (V. 155; 0.?). Inland of Berbera, E. Lort Phillips, Esq. 



Somaliland. [P.]. 



b 2 (V. 163 ; C. ?). Kilifi, E. Africa. G. D. Trevor-Eoper, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 c. Hgr. (V. 170 ; 0. ?). Bolama, Senegambia. R. Kitching, Esq. 



r. Olive above, -which colour extends down to the ends of the 

 ventrals, uniform or dotted with blackish, or with most of the 

 scales black-edged; sometimes, in the young, with traces of 

 light longitudinal stripes and of the head-markings ; upper lip 

 yellowish, spotted or speckled with black ; belly yellowish or 

 pale olive, uniform or dotted with black on the sides, the dots 

 sometimes confluent into longitudinal lines. 



a-b Yg, (V. 169, 173; Wadelai. Dr. Emin Pasha [P.]. 



C.97,93). ^^ 



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