94 COLTJBEII)^. 



a, b. cJ {"V. 150 ; C. 105) Port Natal. Mr. T. Ayres [C.]. 1 



& 9 (V. 156; 0.89;. } (Types.) 



e 9 (V 154; 0.9.3). Port Natal. ReT.H.Oalloway[P.].) 



d-e. 2 (V. 154, 159 ; 0. Natal. E. Howlett, Esq. [P.]. 



85, 92). 



/. 2 (V. 160; 0.94). Damaraland. 



g. 2 (V. 160 ; 0. 95). Victoria Nyanza. 



4. Chlorophis neglectus. 



Philothammis neglectus, Peters, Man. Berl. Ac. 1866, p. 890, and 

 Meise n. Mosiamb. iii. p. 130, pi. xix. A. fig. 2 (1882) ; Pfeffer, 

 Jahrb. Ilamb. Wiss. Anst. x. 1893, p. 84. 



AlieetuUa neglecta, Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 620. 



Snout rather pointed. Rostral broader than deep, the portion 

 visible from above measuring one third or two fifths its distance 

 from the frontal ; interna'sals as long as or a little shorter than the 

 praefrontals ; frontal once and a half to once and two thirds as long 

 as broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, a little 

 shorter than the parietals ; loreal twice as long as deep ; one prse- 

 ocular, not touching the frontal ; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1 

 or 1 + 2 ; eight (exceptionally seven) upper labials, fourth and fifth 

 (or third and fourth) entering the eye ; five (rarely four or six) lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long 

 as or shorter than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals with 

 a slight lateral keel, 149-166 ; anal divided ; subcaudaJs 77-114. 

 Green above, greenish yellow beneath; some purplish-brown blotches 

 may be present on the anterior part of the body. 



Total length 800 miUim. ; tail 230. 



East Africa. 



a. ? (V.153; 0. 100\ Taita. Mr. "Wray [0.]. 



b. c? (V. 155 ; 0. 100). Mkonumbi. Dr. J. W. Gregory [P.]. 



c. ? (V. 159: 0.92). Lamu. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Yg. (V. 149 ; 0. 114). Zanzibar Ooast. 



e. ? (V. 152; 0.91). Sbirg Highlands. H. H. Johnston, Esq. [P.]. 

 f-k. <S (V. 153, 157; 0. Zomba, Brit. 0. H.H.Johnston, Esq. [P.]. 



93, 97) , 2 (V. 149, 1 50 ; Africa. 

 0.86, 77), and hgr. (V. 

 165; 0.89). 

 Z. Hgr. (V. 152 ; 0. 84). MUanji, Brit. 0. H. H. Johnston, Esq. [P.]. 



Africa. 



5. Chlorophis natalensis. 



Dendrophis (Philothamnus) natalensis, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. 



pi. Ixiv. (1840). 

 AhsetuUa irregularis, var. natalensis, Gilnth. Cat. p. 152 (1858). 



natalensis, Giinth. Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (3) xi. 1863, p. 285. 



Philothamnus natalensis. Socage, Jorn. 8c. Lisb. ix. 1882, p. 18. 



Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals 

 as long as or a little shorter than the prsef rentals ; frontal with 

 slightly concave lateral borders, once and a half to once and two 



