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Blantyre Mission Star J. Grant, Esq. [P.]. 

 tion. 



Lake Nyassa. 



Mozambique. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



Zanzibar. 



Kilimandjaro. 



Kurawa. 



Mkonumbi. 



Universities Mission 



[0.]. 

 Prof. B. du Bocage 



[P.l. 

 Sir J.'Kirk [0.1. 

 Sir J. Kirk [0.]. 

 F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



[PA 

 Br. J. W. Gregory 



[P.]. 

 Dr. J. W. Gregory 



[P.], 



bars absent or very indistinct. 

 Near Grahamstown. 



Humbo, Angola. 



Angola. 



Bissao. 



Zanzibar. 



E. Africa. 

 E. Africa. 

 Melindi. 



Eev. G. H. E. risk 



[P.]. 

 Prof. B. du Bocage 



[P.]. (One of the 



types of P. smithii.) 

 Lieut. Oameron [P.]. 

 (Type of A. hocagiC) 

 V. H. Cornisb, Esq. 



[0.]. 

 Sir J. Kirk [0.]. 



Sir J. Kirk [0.]. 

 Oapt. Speke [0.1, 

 Dr. J. W 



&: 



[P.]. 



regory 



2. Philotliammis nitidus. (Plate V. fig. 4.) 



AhsetuUa nitida, part., Giinth. Ann. Sf Mag. N. S. (3) xi. 1863, 

 p. 286. 



lagoensis, Giinth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (4) ix. 1872, p. 26. 



Philothamnus lagoensis, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lish. ix. 1882, p. 6. 



Head narrow. Kostral broader than deep, the portion visible 

 from above measuring about one fifth its distance from the frontal ; 

 internasals as long as the praefrontals ; frontal with concave lateral 

 borders, once and three fourths as long as broad, a little longer than 

 its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter than the 

 parietals ; loreal twice to twice and a half as long as broad ; one 

 prseocular, in contact with or narrowly separated from the frontal ; 

 two postoculars ; temporals 1+2; nine upper labials, fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales 

 in 15 rows. Ventrals 163-165 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 150-153. 

 Dark green above, pale green beneath. 



Total length 880 millim. ; tail 330. 



Guinea. 



