171. PSAMMOPHIS. 169 



15. PsammopMs crucifer. 



Seba, Thes. ii. pi. liii. flg. 2, & cvii. fig. 4 (1735) ; Merr. Beytr. i. 



p. IS, pi. iii. (1790). 

 Joluber sibilans, part., Linn. S. N.\. p. 383 (1766). 



crucifer, Daud. Kept. vii. p. 189 (1803). 



Psammophis crucifer, Boie, Isis, 1827, pp. 525, 547 ; Dutn. 8f Bibr. 



vii. p. 892 (1854) ; CHinth. Cat. p. 135 (1858) ; Jan, Icon. Gki. 



34, pi. iv. fig. 3 (1870) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 539. 

 moniliger, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 209, pi. viii. figs. 6 



& 7 (1837). 



Snout once and a half as long as the Qye. Eostral a little 

 1)roader than deep, visible from above ; nostril between two shields ; 

 internasals shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal twice to twice and 

 a half as long as broad, as broad as or a little narrower than the 

 supraocular, much longer than its distance . from the end of the 

 snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal about once and a half as long 

 as deep ; one prBsocular, not reaching the frontal ; two postoculars ; 

 temporals 2+2 or 3 ; eight (rarely seven) upper labials, fourth and 

 fifth (or third and fourth) entering the eye ; four lower labials in 

 ■contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or 

 shorter than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 136- 

 155; anal divided; subcaudals 62-81. Pale olive or brownish 

 iibove, with a black-edged dark vertebral band, three scales wide, 

 which extends to the head, giving off one or two transverse bars on 

 ihe nape, and enclosing a light spot or streak on the suture between 

 the parietal shields ; sides of head with large dark blotches, the 

 prse- and postoculars yellowish ; a more or less distinct dark band 

 Along each side of the body, with a white streak below it on the 

 lower half of the outer row of scales and the outer ends of the 

 ventrals ; lower parts yellow or orange, uniform or finely speckled 

 with blackish, with a dark streak or series of small spots on each 

 :side. 



Total length 640 millim. ; tail 160. 



South Africa. 



.a. 5 (V. 150 ; 0. 73). Simon's Bay. H.M.S. 'Challenger.' 



i~c. c? (V. 143, 143 ; Port Elizabeth. H. A. Spencer, Esq. 



0. 81, 70). [P.]. 



d. Hgr. (V. 151 ; 0. 80). Namaqualand. 



.«-/. $ (V. 144; 0. 74) & Matabeleland. 0. Beddington, Esq. 



yg. (V.148; C.73). [P.]. 



ff. 2 (V. 145 ; 0. 66). S. Africa. Haslar Collection. 



h. 2 (V. 155 ; C. 73). S. Africa. 



16. Psammophis pulcher. 



Psammophis pulcher, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 537, pi. ixx. 

 fig. 3. 



Snout once and two thirds as long as the eye. Eostral broader 

 than deep, visible from above ; nostril between two shields ; inter- 

 nasals much shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal twice and a half 

 .38 long as broad, a little narrower than the supraocular, longer 



