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Add :— Page 277. ABLABES. • '" 



Phi-agmitophis, Oiinth. Ann. &■ Mag. N. H. (3) ix. 1862, p. 63. 

 Entechinus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1894, p. 427 (1896). 



Page 279. Add a species : — 



1 a. Al>la1)es herminaB. 

 Ablabes herminae, Boettg. Ber. Offenh. Ver, Nat. 1895, p. 110. 



Snout pointed. Eostral small, a little broader than deep, just 

 •visible from above ; nasal divided ; eye small ; suture between the 

 internasals more than half as long as that between the prsefrontals ; 

 frontal as long as its distance from the end of the snout, much 

 •shorter than the parietals ; loreal nearly twice as long as deep ; one 

 prae- and two postoculars ; temporals 1+2; eight upper labials, 

 fourth and fifth entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with 

 "the anterior chin-shields, which are a little longer than the posterior. 

 Scales in 17 rows, smooth, faintly keeled towards the base of the 

 "tail. Ventrals 163 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 58. Grey above, 

 white beneath, the grey extending to the sides of the belly ; back 

 •dotted -with black ; some of the scales black-edged ; upper lip 

 ■yellowish white, the shields finely edged with grey. 



Total length 580 millim. ; tail 107. 



Loo Choo Islands. 



^^^ . Page 281. Ablabes tricolor. 



Phragmitophis tricolor, Oiinth. Ann. 8r Mag. K H. (8) ix. 1862, 

 p. 126. 



Ji. $ (V. 154 ; 0. ?). Singapore. H. N. Ridley, Esq. [C.]. 



j^^^ . Page 284. Ablabes longicauda. 



Ablabes longicauda, Werner, Verh. zool.-bot. Oes. Wien, xM. 1896, 

 p. 17. 



j^^^ . Page 287. Grayia smythii. 



Grayia smythii, Oiinth. Ann. Sr Mag N. S. (6) xv. 1895, p. 625. 



triangularis. Socage, Herp. Angola, p. 102 (1896). 



omata. Socage, I. c. p. 104. 



^. Head and tail, bad state. Uganda. Scott Elliot, Esq. [P.]. 



Page 288. Add a genus : — 



105 a. OLIGOLEPIS. 



Oligolepis, Bmhng. Ann. 8r Mag. N. S. (6) xvi. 1895, p. 171. 



Maxillary teeth 30, small, closely set, equal j mandibular teeth 

 equal. Head distinct from neck; eye large, with round pupil, 



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