234. ASPIDBLAPS. 391 



A. 20-32 black annuli, much narrower than the interspaces. 



?■ ^^kP^-}P^k^kB^- ^^P'^ °f Clood Hope. Mr. O'Halloran [CI. 



6. $ (V 147; 0.22). S.Africa. ^ Itb. GoldsohmidtTC .1 



c-d, e-f. cJ (V. 152, S.Africa. ^ "' 



146; 0. 27, 25), 9 



(V. 161; 0. 26), & 



hgr. (V. 155 ; C. 27). 



B. 42-47 black annuli, much narrower than the interspaces ; white 



scales black-edged. 



f S ^7/ }rl ' S- ^^^- ^^1"^ °f ^°°^ Hope. Sir A. Smith [P.l 



b. 2 (V. 159; C. 23). Oaferaria. "^ J. p. M. Weale, Esq. 



[P.]. 



C. 38-42 black annuli, broader than the interspaces. 



a. 2 (V. 160 ; 0. 26). Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith fP.!. 



b. 2 (V. 150 ; 0. 28). Cape of Good Hope. Officers of the Chat- 



ham Museum [P.]. 



2. Aspidelaps scutatus. 



Cyrtophis scutatus, Smith, III. Zool. 8. Afr., Hept. App. p. 22 

 (1849) ; Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 139, pi. xx. figs. 1-6 

 (1882). f > i- B 



Naia fula-fula, Bianconi, Spec. Zool. Mossamb., Sept. p. 41, pi. iv. 



fig. 1 (1849). ^ r ^ , V 



Aspidelaps scutatus, Jan, Blenco, p. 118 (1863), and Icon. Ohi. 44, 



pi. vi. fig. 3 (1873). 



Eostral broader than deep, two fifths to half as broad as the 

 head, forming an obtuse angle above, separating the internasals ; 

 frontal small, as long as broad or broader than long, as long as the 

 prefrontals, shorter than the parietals ; internasal and posterior 

 nasal in contact with the prseocular, which is single or divided ; 

 three postoculars ; temporals 2-1-4, lower anterior very large; six 

 upper labials, fourth entering the eye ; three or four lower labials 

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

 posterior. Scales in 19 to 23 rows, smooth or faintly keeled, 

 tubercularly keeled on the posterior part of the body and on the 

 tail. Ventrals 115-135 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 24-38. Pale 

 greyish brown above, with transverse dark spots or cross-bands ; 

 a ^-shaped black marking on the head ; a black nuchal collar en- 

 circling the neck, followed by a large black blotch ; a black vertical 

 streak below the eye ; belly whitish. 



Total length 190 millim. ; tail 22. Grows to 520 millim. 



South-east Africa (Natal, Delagoa Bay, Inhambane). 



a. Yg. (Sc. 21; V. 123; Natal. Sir A. Smith [P.]. (One 



0. 25). of the types.) 



