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days' treatment with boracic lotion, aided by a few cauterisations 

 with sulphate of copper. 



" During my sojourn at Porto-Novo, a store-keeper at the Dogba 

 trading station was a victim of the Spitter. While working at his 

 store he received in his eye a jet of liquid, which produced violent 

 conjunctivitis." 



(e) Aspidelaps. 



Maxillary bones extending forwards beyond the palatines, as in 

 Sepedon, with a pair of large poison-fangs ; no other maxillary 

 teeth. Head slightly distinct from the neck. Eyes of moderate 

 size, with round or vertically elliptic pupils. Bostral shield very 

 large, detached oij the sides. Body cylindrical ; scales oblique, 

 smooth or keeled, in 19 — 23 rows ; ventrals rounded. Tail short, 

 obtuse ; subcaudal scales in 2 rows. 



(1) A. lubricus. — 146 — 167 ventral scales ; 20 — 28 subcaudals. 

 Colour orange or red, with black rings ; a black bar below the 



eyes ; upper surface of head sometimes entirely black. 

 Total length, 590 millimetres ; tail 55. 

 Habitat : Cape Colony and Namaqualand. 



(2) A. scutatus (Fula-fula of Mozambique). — 115 — 135 ventrals ; 

 24 — 38 subcaudals. 



Colour pale grey, with black spots or cross-bars, and a black 

 mark shaped like a circumflex accent on the head. A black collar 

 encircling the neck, and a black vertical streak below the eye. 

 Belly whitish. 



The total length may be as much as 520 millimetres. 



Habitat : Natal, Delagoa Bay, Mozambique. 



(f) Walterinnesia. 



Maxillary bones prolonged forwards beyond the palatines, with 

 a pair of large poison-fangs ; no other maxillary teeth. Head 

 distinct from the neck ; eyes rather small, with round pupils ; 



