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COLTJBEID^. 



/c-Z.Hgr.(V.191,192; C.42,37). S. Africa. 

 TO. Skull. Cape of Good 



Hope. 



B. As in the preceding, but ventrals uniform -wtiite. 

 a. c? (V. 176; 0.41). ? 



C. Black, with small round ye]low spots forming various markings 



a series of large orange spots along the spine, more or less- 

 confluent into a band ; ventrals black at the base, yellow 

 behind. (E. punctatus, Smith.) 



a. S (V. 191 ; 0. 29). Cape of Good Dr. Lee [P.]. 



Hope. 

 6. Yg. (V. 209; C. 26). Caffraria. J. P. M. Weale, Eaq, 



[P.]. 

 c~d. S (V. 165, 160 ; C. 37, S. Africa. Dr. Quain [P.J. 



38). 

 e. 5 (V. 195; C. 27). S.Africa, 



D. Black, each scale with a yellow dot ; an orange or citrine 



vertebral stripe; ventrals black at the base, yellow behind. 

 (Var. chrysopeleoides, F. Miill.) 



a. $ (V. 196; 0. 29). Cape of Good Officers of the Chat- 

 Hope, ham Museum [P.]. 



*. 2 (V. 188; 0. 28). Umtentu, Tern- Mr. G. E. Nightm- 



buland. gale [C.]. 



c. 5 (V. 200 ; 0. 30). Port Elizabeth. H. A. Spencer, Esq. 



[P.]. 



d. $ (V. 207 ; C. 31). Durban. Captain Munn [PJ. 



e. S (V. 176 ; 0. 39). Natal. E. Hewlett, Esq, 



/. 2 (V. 184; C. 25). S. Africa. 



[P.]. 



2. Homorelaps dorsalis. 



Elaps dorsalis, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Sept., App. p. 21 (1849). 

 Poecilophia dorsalis, Gunih. Proa. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 88. 



Eostral broader than deep ; internasals half as long as the 

 prsefrontals ; frontal once and a half as long as broad, a little 

 longer than its distance from the end of the snout, much shorter 

 than the parietals ; one prae- and one postocular ; a single temporal ;. 

 six upper labials, the three anterior equal in size, third and fourth 

 entering the eye, fifth in contact with the parietal ; three lower 

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

 longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 219-226 ; 

 anal divided; subcaudals 25-28. Black above, with a yellow 

 vertebral stripe extending to the tip of the snout ; lower parts and 

 three outer rows of scales white. 



Total length 240 millim. ; tail 21. 



Cafi^raria and Natal. 



a. Hgr. (V. 226; 0. 25). King "WiUiam's Town. 



