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above as long as its distance from the frontal ; internasals much 

 shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal once and one third 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 the single prseocular ; two postoeulars ; temporals 1 +2 ; seven 

 upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye, sixth largest. 

 Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 163; anal entire; subcaudals 22. 

 Reddish brown above, with j-ellow cross-bands, the scales on which 

 are edged with reddish brown ; upper lip, outer row of scales, and 

 lower parts yellow. 



Total length 510 millim. ; tail 43. 



Caffraria. 



6. Elapechis boulengeri. 

 Elapsoidea boulengeri, Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1895, p. 62. 



Rostral broader than deep, visible from above ; internasals hardly 

 half as long as the praefrontals ; frontal once and one third as long 

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

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

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

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

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

 from the symphysial ; posterior chin-shields as long as or slightly 

 longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 141 ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 20. Black above, with narrow white cross- 

 bars ; head white, black along the suture between the parietal 

 shields ; blackish grey beneath. 



Total length 170 millim.; tail 14. 



Zambesi. 



230. KHYNCHELAPS. 



Rhynchoelaps, Jan, Rev. 8f Mag. Zool. 1858, p. 518, and Prodr. 



Icon. Gin. p. 7 (1859). 

 Simoselaps, Jan, Rev. ^ Mag. Zool. 1859, p. 123, and Prodr. p. 16. 

 Brachyurophis, Giinth. Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (3) xi. 1863, p. 21 ; 



Erefft, Sn. Austral, p. 51 (1869). 

 Elaps, part., Jan, Eknco sist. Ofid. p. 112 (1863). 

 Pseudelaps, part., Jan, I. c. p. 116. 

 Rhinelaps, Giinth. Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (4) ix. 1872, p. 33. 



Maxillary extending forwards as far as the palatine ; a pair 

 of moderately large grooved poison-fangs, and two small teeth 

 near the posterior extremity of the maxillary ; mandibular teeth, 

 anterior longest. Head small, not distinct from neck, with more or 

 less projecting snout; eye small, with vertically elliptic pupil; 

 nostril in a single nasal; no loreal. Body short, cylindrical; 

 scales smooth, without pits, in 15 or 17 rows ; ventrals rounded. 

 Tail very short ; subcaudals in two rows. 



Australia. 



