229, BLAPECHIS. 359 



1. Elapechis guentheri. 



Elapsoidea guentheri, Socage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. i. p. 1866, p. 70, pi. i. 



fig. 3, and iv. 1873, p. 224 ; Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, ix. 



1884, p. 201 ; Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1888, p. 82 ; Gilnth. Ann. 



Sr Mag. N. H. (6) xv. 1895, p. 525, pi. xxi. fig. ; Bocage, Heip. 



Angola, p. 129, pi. xiv. tig. 3 (1895). 

 semianuulata, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. viii. 1882, p. 303. 



Snout rounded. Eostral broader than deep, the portion visible 

 from above measuring about one third its distance from the frontal ; 

 internasals much shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal once and a 

 half as long as broad, as long as or longer than its distance from, 

 the end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; posterior 

 nasal in contact with, or narrowly separated from, the single prse- 

 ocular ; two postoculars; temporals 1+2; seven upper labials, 

 third and fourth entering the eye, sixth largest ; three or four lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are separated 

 from the symphysial ; posterior chin-shields nearly as large as the 

 anterior. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 142-166 ; anal entire ; 

 subcaudals 13-25, all or most in two rows. Whitish or grey above, 

 with black, white -edged cross-bands, or blackish with whitish 

 cross-bars or lines formed by the edges of some of the scales ; lower 

 parts dirty white or brownish, grey, or blackish. 



Total length 520 millim. ; tail 50. 



Gaboon, Congo, Angola, 'Central Africa. 



a. <S (V. 153 ; C. 25). Stanley Pool. 



6. Hgr. (V.166 : 0. 25). Foot of Mt. Ruwenzori. Scott Elliot, Esq. [P.]. 



<;.Yg.(V. 143;' 0.21). Shirg Highlands. Sir H. H. Johnston 



[P.]. 



2. Elapechis niger. (PLiiE XX. fig. 1.) 



Elapsoidea nigra, Gunth. Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. (6) i. ] 888, p. 332 ; 

 Werner, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xlv. 1895, p. 193. 



Snout rounded. Rostral broader than deep, the portion visible 

 from above measuring about one fourth its distance from the 

 frontal ; internasals three fourths the length of the praefrontals ; 

 frontal once and one third as long as broad, as long as its distance 

 from the end of the snout, two thirds the length of the parietals ; 

 posterior nasal in contact with the single prseocular ; two post- 

 oculars; temporals l-|-2; seven upper labials, third and fourth 

 entering the eye, sixth largest ; three lower labials in contact with 

 the anterior chin-shields, which are separated from the symphysial ; 

 posterior chin-shields as large as the anterior. Scales in 13 rows. 

 Ventrals 153 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 16-20. Black above and 

 below ; lower surface of head and anterior ventrals whitish. Toung 

 with transverse series of white dots. 



Total length 420 millim. ; tail 30. 



Zanzibar. 



a. $ (V. 153 ; C. 16). Ushambola. Sir J. Kirk [0.]. (Type.) 



