REPTILES PROM SOMALILAND 21 



d* : 8 upper labials on the right side, fourth and fifth entering 

 the eye , 9 on the left, fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the eye. 

 Scales in 21 rows. Ventral 234 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 56 

 (tail perhaps mutilated). 



Young : 8 upper labials , fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the 

 eye. Scales in 23 rows. Ventrals 244; anal divided; subcaudals 85. 



Both specimens are uniform pale brown above. 



40. Amplorhinus nototaenia, Gthr. — Brava ; two specimens. 

 Lugh ; one specimen. Web ; one specimen. Pozzi Meddo Erelle ; 

 one specimen. 



41. Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus, Reinw. — Lugh; a single spe- 

 cimen. 



42. Psammophis punctulatus , D. and B. — Lugh ; a single 

 specimen (V. 185; C. 152). 



43. Psammophis sibilans, L. — Pozzi Meddo Erelle; a single 

 specimen. 



44. Psammophis biseriatus, Ptrs. — Lugh ; several specimens. 



45. Disphoiidus typus, Smith. — Between Comia and Matagoi ; 

 a single specimen. 



46. Aparallactus concolor, Fischer. — Between Matagoi and 

 Lugh ; a single half-grown specimen. 



The nasal is in contact with the praeocular, and the postocular 

 touches the temporal. Yentrals 165; subcaudals 48. Dark brown 

 above ; head and nape black, edged with yellow ; belly brown. 



As may be seen from the above notes , the specimen differs 

 considerably from the typical A. concolor, and perhaps represents 

 a new species. I prefer, however, to refer it provisionally to the 

 present species with which it agrees best. 



47. Naia nigricollis, Reinh. — Lugh and Pozzi Meddo Erelle ; 

 three specimens of the var. pallida, Blgr. 



27-29 



Young (Sc. ^— ) pink above and yellowish white below r , 

 with a black ring round the neck, angularly notched behind on 

 the upper surface. Adult (Sc. ^-) uniform brown above. 



48. Causus resimus, Ptrs. — Between Comia and Matagoi ; a 

 single female specimen (Sc. 21 ; Y. 140 ; C. 23). 



