a. ? fSc. 29; V. 164 



C. 48). 

 h. ? (So. 31 ; V. 165 



C.43). 

 c,d. $ (Sc. 29, 33; V, 



176,173; C. P2, 45). 

 e. Yg. (Sc. 31 ; V. 160 



C. 46). 

 /. S (Sc. 29 ; V. 164 



C. 46). 

 g. d (Sc. 30 ; V. 164 



C. 49). 

 h. 2 (Sc. 29; V. 172 



C. 49). 

 i. ? (Sc. 29; V. 163 



C. 49). 

 k-l. Yg. (Sc. 29, 28 ; V. 



167, 175 ; C. 52, 54). 

 m. Yg., bad state. 



n,o. 2 (Sc. 29; V.163; 



C. 43) & yg (Sc. 30 ; 



V. 160 ; C. 45). 

 p. Yg. (Sc. 28; V. 164; 



C. 54). 

 q. Many specimens, yg. 



(Sc. 28-31 ; V. 154- 



168 ; 0. 43-64). 

 r. Yg. (Sc. 29; V. 172; 



C. 53). 

 «. Skull. 



10. Vipera superciliaris. 



Vipera superciliaris, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 626; Straueh, 

 Syn. Viper, p. 84 (1869) ; Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 144, 

 pi. xxi. (1882) ; Pfeffer, Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. x. 1893, p. 21. 



Snout rounded, witli distinct canthus ; vertical diameter of the 

 eye a little shorter than its distance from the mouth. Rostral 

 broader than deep ; head covered with small, imbricate, keeled 

 scales ; a large supraocular shield ; 12 scales round the eye, which 

 is separated from the labials by two series of scales ; nostril very 

 large, between two nasals, the anterior of which is in contact with 

 the rostral ; temporal scales keeled ; nine upper labials. Scales in 

 27 rows, strongly keeled, outer row feebly keeled. Ventrals 142 ; 

 anal entire ; snbcaudals 40. Pale reddish brown or orange above, 

 with blackish crciss-bars broken by an interrupted yellowish longi- 

 tudinal streak on each side ; head with blackish symmetrical 

 markings ; whitish beneath, spotted with blackish. 



Total length 570 millim. ; taQ 77. 



Coast of Mozambique. 



