REPTILIA. 457 



Order OPHIDIA. 

 i6. Typhlops Eschrichtii, Schlegel. 



Schleg. Abbild. Amph. p. 37, pi. 32, figs. 13—16. 

 Ophihalrwidion Eschritchtii, Dum. et Bibr. vi. p, 265. 



I am indebted for a single specimen taken at Scnafd 

 to Capt. Sturt. It is small, measuring only 12 in. in 

 length. 



17. Echis arenicola, Boie. 



Isis, 1827, p. 658. 



E. va/ria, Seuss. Mus. Seakenb. ii. p. 160, t. vii. f. 2. 



This viperine Snake was common in the camp at ZuUa, 

 individuals frequently being found about the tents, and 

 it is surprising that no one suffered fronl its bite. All 

 the specimens seen by me were small. I preserved two, 

 one of which has 193 ventral shields. 



18. Dasypeltis abyssinicus, Dum. et Bib. 



Bachiodon abyssinus, Dumeril et Bibron, Eip. Gen. vii. p. 496, 

 pi. 81, figs. 1 and 2. 



A single specimen, quite young, only 12 in. long, was 

 obtained at Senaf^ by Lieut. Sturt, to whom I am in- 

 debted for it. Dr. Giinther informs me that he doubts if 

 this species be distinct from D. pahnarum. The taU 

 measures If in. The colours are not so bright as in 

 Dumeril and Bibron's j&gure. 



ig. Boodon lemniscatum, Bum. et Bibr. 

 Dumeril et Bibron, Erp. Gen. vii. p. 365. 



1 obtained two specimens, one at Ashan^, the other at 

 Adabagi. The former, a male, measures 21 in., the latter, 

 a female, 30 in., of which the tail is 4in. The male is 

 much the darker in colour. 



