436 



COLtrBEIDJJ. 



ehields finely edged with blackish ; lips yellowish, the shields edgeS 

 with black ; belly yellowish, the shields finely edged with brown or' 

 black ; tail yellow, scales and shields edged with black. 



Total length 1830 millim. ; tail 460. 



West Africa, from the Senegal to the Niger ; S. Thome Island. 



a. S (V. 214; C. 114). Gambia. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



6. c? (V. 221 ; 0. 111). Sierra Leone. Sir A. Kennedy [P.]- 



c-d. c? (V. 219; 0.118) Sierra Leone. H. O.Hart, Esq. [P.]. 



& hgr. (V. 214 ; 0. 119). 

 e. c? (V. 214; 0.112). Ancobra E., Gold Coast. Major Bui-ton&Capt. 



Cameron [P.]. 

 /. $ (V. 225 ; 0. 107). Coast of Guinea. 

 g. d (V. 215; 0. 119). W. Africa. 

 h. <S skeleton. Axim, Gold Coast. 



2. Dendraspis jamesonii. 



Elans jamesonii, Traill, in ScMeg. Phys. Serp., Engl. Transl. p. 179^ 



pi. ii. figs. 19 & 20 (1843). 

 Dendraspis angusticeps {non Smith), A. Bum. Meo. Sr Mag. Zool. 1856^ 



p. 568, and Arch. Mus. x. 1859, p. 216, pi. xvii. fig. 12 ; Socage^ 



Jorn. Sc. Lisb. i. 1866, p. 52 ; Mocq. Bull. Soc. Fhilom. xi. 1887, p. 88. 

 angusticeps, part., Gunth. Cat. p. 238 (1858), and Ann. Sr Mag. 



N. H. (3) XV. 1865, p. 98, pi. iii. fig. B. 

 ■ welwitschii, OUnth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. S. (3) xv. 1865, p. 97,- 



pi. iii. fig. A, and (6) xv. 1895, p. 529. 

 Dinophis fasciolatus, Fisch. Jahrb. Nat. Ver. Samb. ii. 1885, p. 111,. 



pi. iv. fig. 10. 

 Dendraspis jamesonii, Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1888, p. 85. 

 neglectus, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. xii. 1888, p. 141, figs. 



Head-shields and coloration as in the preceding. Scales in 15 to 

 19 rows (19 to 21 on the neck), the outer not shorter than the- 

 dorsals. Ventrals 210-235; subcaudals 99-121. Young with 

 chevron-shaped black cross-bars. Tail sometimes black. 



Total length 2100 millim. ; tail 560. 



West Africa, from the Niger to Angola ; Central Africa. 



a. c? (Sc. 17; V.214; C. 110). 150 miles up W. H. Crosse, Esq, 



the Niger. [P.]. 



b. rg. (Sc. 19 ; V. 220 ; 0. P). Niger. Mr. Eraser [C.]. 



c. $ (Sc. 17; V. 216; 0. 113). Cameroon Mts., Sir H. H. Johnston 



2000 ft. [P.]. 



d. Yg. (Sc. 19 ; V. 218 ; 0. 105). Eernando Po. H. Veitch, Esq. fP.], 



e. Yg. (Sc. 17 : V. 226 ; 0. 111). Fernando Po. Mrs. Burton [P.] 



f. 2 (Sc. 19 ; v. 222 ; 0. 106). Eernando Po. 



g. Yg. (Sc. 17 ; V. 219 ; 0. 120). Gaboon. Dr. J. G. Fischer. 



(Type of D. fasciolatus. > 



h. Hgr. (Sc. 17 ; V. 215 ; 0. 113). Eloby, Gaboon. H. Ansell, Esq. [P.], 



i-h. Hgr. (Sc. 17; V. 225; Mouth of the Mr. H. J. Dugg«n 



C. 108) & yg. (Sc. 19 ; V. 214 ; Loango. [0.]. 



C. 110), 



I. 6 (Sc. 16; V. 219; 0. 107). Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch [P.], 



Angola. (Type of D. welwitschii. ) 



m. Hgr. (Sc. 17 ; V. 227 ; 0. 115). W. Africa. Mr. Eich [CI. 



n. $ (Sc. 19 ; V. 227; 0. 121), W. AMca. 



