360 COLTJBEIDiE. 



3. ElapecMs hessii. 



Elapsoidea hessei, Boettg. Zool. Am. 1887, p. 651, and Ber. Senck. 

 Ges. 1888, p. 83, pi. ii. fig. 6. 



Snout rounded. Kostral broader than deep, the portion visible 

 from, above about half as long as its distance from the frontal ; inter- 

 nasals one third the length of the prsefrontals ; frontal a little 

 longer than broad, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 shorter than the parietals ; posterior nasal in contact with the 

 single prseocular ; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 ; seven upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; three lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are extensively in 

 contact with the symphysial ; posterior chin-shields as large as 

 the anterior. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 147 ; anal entire ; 

 subcaudals 22. Greyish above, with black cross-bars, much 

 narrower than the interspaces between them, narrowing down the 

 sides ; a series of black spots on each side, between the cross-bars ; 

 a large black blotch on the nape, produced as a streak along the 

 suture between the parietal shields ; lower parts white. 



Total length 160 millim. ; tail 12. 



Banana, Congo. 



4. Elapechis decosteri. 



Elapsoidea decosteri, Bouleng. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (6) ii. 1888, 

 p. 141. 



Snout obtusely pointed. Eostral broader than deep, the portion 

 visible from above measuring nearly half its distance from the 

 frontal; internasals half as long as the praefrontals ; frontal once 

 and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of 

 the snout, shorter than the parietals ; posterior nasal in contact 

 with, or narrowly separated from, the single preeooular ; two post- 

 oculars ; temporals 1-1-2; 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 a little longer than the anterior. Scales in 

 13 rows. Ventrals 138-142 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 25-26. 

 Dark grey above, each scale edged with black ;' outer row of scales 

 and lower parts white. 



Total length 380 millim. ; tail 38. 



Delagoa Bay. 



a. ? (V. 142 ; 0. 26). Delagoa Bay. South African Museum [P.]. 



5. ElapecMs sundevallii. 



Elaps sunderwallii, Smith, III. Zool. 8. Afr.,Rept. pi. Ixvi. (1848). 

 Elapsoidea sundevaUii, Peters, Mon, Berl. Ac. 1880, p. 797, pi. — . 

 %.2. 



Snout obtusely pointed. Eostral large, the portion visible from 



