66. CHLOEopms. 93 



nearly twice as long as deep ; one prseoeular, usually not touching 

 the frontal; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 or 1 + 1 ; nine upper 

 labials, fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the eye ; five lower labials 

 m contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are a little shorter 

 than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals rounded, 155- 

 190; anal divided; subcaudals 111-122. Green above, the inter- 

 stitial skin black ; some of the scales with a white spot on the basal 

 naif of the outer margin. 



Total length 720 miUim. ; tail 250. 



Eastern Central Africa. 



o. cJ (V. 155; 0. 111). Monbuttu, • Dr. Emin Pasha [P.]. 



b-c. Yg. (V. 190, 183 ; C. 600 miles south of Consul J.'Petherick [0.1. 

 121,122). Chartoum. ^ -^ 



2. ChloropMs ornStus. 



Philothamnus ornatus, Bocage, Jorn. 8c. Lisb. ii. 1872, p. 80, & ix 

 1882, p. 15, %. ' if ' 



Internasals shorter than the priefrontals ; frontal with straight 

 lateral borders, once and a half as long as broad, shorter than the 

 parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one prseooular, in contact with 

 the frontal ; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1 ; eight upper labials, 

 third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye. Scales in 15 rows. 

 Ventrals rounded, 152-166 ; , anal divided ; snhcaudals 85-99. 

 Bronzy green above, with a brown vertebral stripe edged with 

 yellowish; yellowish or pale green beneath. 



Total length 710 miUim. ; tail 200. 



Guinea ; Angola. 



3. ChloropMs hoplogaster. (Plate V. fig. 2.) 



Ahsetulla hoplogaster, Oiinth. Ann. §• Mag. N. S. (3) xi. 1883, 



p. 284; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 305 (1890). 

 Chlorophis oldhami, Theob. Cat. Rept. As. Soc. Mus. p. 49 (1868). 

 Cyclophis oldhami, Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 159 (1876). 

 Philothamnus hoplogaster, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. ix. 1882, p. 17. 



Eostral broader than deep, the portion visible from above measur- 

 ing one third to two fifths its distance from the frontal ; internasals 

 as long as or a little shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal once 

 and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end 

 of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal once and 

 two thirds to twice as long as deep ; one prsBoeular, not touching 

 the frontal; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1 or 1+2; eight upper 

 labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; five lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the 

 posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals rounded, without trace of 

 a keel, 150-169 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 85-105. Uniform 

 green or oHve above, greenish yellow inferiorly. 



Total length 700 millim.; tail 220. 



Central and South Africa. 



