164 



COITTBEIBiE. 



C. d (V. 164 ; C. ?). 

 d. Hgr. (V. 158 ; 0. 98). 



e-f. Yg. (V. 162, 169; 



0. ?, 101). 

 g-h. Hgr. (V. 160; 



C. 90) & yg. (V. 161 ; 



0. 90). 

 i-h c? (V. 198 ; C..104) 



& 5 (V. 160 ; C. 96). 

 l,m. Hgr. (V. 169, 170; 



C. ?, 94). 

 n. Ad., head & neck. 

 u. Hgr., skin, bad state. 

 p-q. Hgr. (V. 176, 170; 



C. 100, 107) & yg. 



(V. 181; 0. 116). 

 r. 2 (V. 171 ; C. ?). 



.«. Hgr. (V. 166; C; ?). 

 t-u. Yg. (V. 168, 169 ; 



0. 100, ?). 

 V. Yg. (V. 170; 0.?). 

 w. $ (V. 172 ; 0. ?). 

 X. (J (V. 179; 0.110). 

 y. Skull. 



a. SkuU. 



Ndi, Teita Mts., 



E. Africa. 

 "W. of Mombasa. 



Kilimandjaro. 



Zanzibar. 



Zanzibar. 



Zomba, Nyassaland. 



Zambesi. 



Ungora, Upper Nile. 

 Asaba, 180 miles up the 

 Niger. 



Sierra Leone. 



Cette Cama, Gaboon. 

 Ambriz, Angola. 



W. Africa. 

 W. Africa. 

 W. Africa. 

 Aaaba, Niger. 



Dr. J. W. Gregory 



[P.l 

 Dr. J. W. Gregory 



[P.]. 

 F. J. Jackson, Esq,- 



[P.]. 

 Sii- J. Kirk [0.]. 



Dr. J. G. Fischer. 



Sir H. H. Johnston> 



[P.]. 

 Sir J. Kirk [0.]. 

 Oapt. Spake [0.1 

 J. W. Orosse, Esq, 



[P.]. 



H. 0. Hart, Esq, 

 [P.]. 



Mr. Kich [0.]. 



Mr. Eich [0.1 

 Mr. Eraser [0.]. 

 Mr. Dalton[0.]. 

 J. W. Orosse, Esq, 

 [P.]. 



Egypt. 



9. Fsamiuopliis furcatus. 



Psammophis moniliger, var. furcatus, Peters, Mon, Berl. Ac. 1867r 

 p. 236. 



sibilans, Boettg. Ber. Sench. Ges. 1886, p. 5. 



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



furcatus, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. 8oc. 1895, p. 538. 



Snout once and a half as long as the eye ; forehead strongly 

 grooved. Eostral as deep as broad, visible from above ; nostril 

 between two shields ; internasals half as long as the prsefrontals ; 

 frontal nearly twice as long as broad, much narrower, in the middle,. 

 than the supraocular, longer than the parietals ; loreal once and 

 two thirds as long as deep ; one praeocular, extensively in contact 

 with the frontal; two or three postoculars ; temporals 2+3 ; eight 

 upper labials, third deeper than second and fourth, fourth and fifth 

 entering the eye, fifth nearly as long as the eye : four lower labials 

 in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than 

 the posterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 158-179 ; anal 

 divided ; subcaudals 95-114. Brown above, the scales edged with 

 darker, a narrow yellow vertebral line, bifurcating on the occiput, 

 its branches extending to the anterior border of the frontal shield \ 

 a broader yellow streak on each side, from the eye to the end of the 

 tail ; upper lip, lower half of outer row of scales, and lower parts 



