4, Bins, 



495 



h-i. Yg. (Sc. 35, 33 ; V. 



139, 137 ; C. 16, 18). 

 k. d' (Sc. 35; V. 134; 



C. 33). 

 I Yg. (Sc. 37 ; V. 131 ; 



C. 18). 



m. Yg. (Sc. 31; V. 132; 



C. 17). 

 n. Yg. (Sc. 31 ; V. 132 ; 



C. 28). 

 0. Yg. (Sc. 36 ; V. 140 ; 



C. 20). 

 p. S (Sc. 33; V. 133; 



0. 29). 

 q,r-s. J (Sc. 33; V. 140 ; 



C. 28) & hgr. 2 (Sc. 39, 



37; V. 134, 132; 0.17, 



18). 

 t. ? (Sc.37; V. 144; 0. 



16). 

 ■u-ic. tJ (Sc. 37, 39; V. 



138, 141 ; 0. 34, 29) & 



2 (Sc. 41 ; V. 142 ; 0. 



22). 

 ■j:, y, z. Ad., atffd. 

 a, 3. Skeletons. 

 y. Skull. 



Zoniba, Brit. 0. 



Africa. 

 Ohiradzulu, Brit. 0. 



Africa, 3000-5000 ft. 

 L. Nyassa. 



Zambesi. 

 Ambriz, Angola. 

 Mossamedes. 

 Pretoria, Transvaal. 

 Port Natal. 



Natal. 

 Simon's Bay. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



Senegal. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



Sir H. H. Jcjinston 



[P.]. 

 Sir H. H. Johnston 



[P.]. 

 Miss M. Woodward 



[C.]; Miss S. C. 



McLauehliu [P.]. 

 Sir J. Kirk [P.]. 



Mr. Eicb [0.]. 



Dr. Welwitsch [P.]. 



W. L. Distant, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Rev. H. Calloway 



pp.]. 



Zoological Society. 

 n.M.S. 'Challenger.' 



2. Bitis peringueyi. 



Vipera peringueyi, Bouleng. Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (2) ii. 1888, p. 141. 



Leraldica, Socage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. (2) i. 1889, p. 127, fig., and 



Serp. Angola, p. 151, pi. xvi. fig. 1 (1895). 



Nostrils turned upwards and outwards. Rostral small, broad, 

 crescentic. Head covered with small, strongly keeled scales, smallest 

 on the vertex ; 11 scales round the eye ; three series of scales 

 between the eye and the labials ; nasal separated from the rostral 

 by two series of scales ; 11 to 14 upper labials. Scales in 25 or 

 27 rows, strongly keeled, outer row smooth. Ventrals 130-132 ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 19-28. Pale buff or greyish olive above, 

 with three longitudinal series of grey or blackish spots, the outer 

 ocellar, enclosing a ■white centre ; head sometimes ( V. Jieraldica) 

 with a trident-shaped dark marking on the crown followed by a 

 cross and two large markings on the occiput ; whitish beneath, 

 with small dark spots. 



Total length 325 millim. ; tail 26. 



Angola and Damaraland. 



3. Bitis atropos. 



Coluber atropos, Linn. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 22, pi. xiii. fig. 1 (1754), 



and S. N. i. p. 375 (1766). 

 Cobra atropos, Laur. Syn. Eept. p. 104 (1768). 



