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30. Psammophis punctulatus, D. and B. — Harrar-es-Saghir; a 

 single female specimen. 



V. 190; C. 153. 



31. Psammophis sibilans, L. — Audo Mts. ; a single specimen. 

 Belongs to Division A of my : Catalogue \ 



32. Psammophis biseriafus, Ptrs. — Dabanak, Sammane, Ma- 

 gala Umberto I, Dolo. 



Several specimens, all of which have the anal divided. 



33. Micrelaps boettgeri, sp. n. — Calanielaps vaillanti (non 

 Mocq.), Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1893, p. 117. 



Rostral large , broader than deep , the portion visible from 

 above as long as its distance from the frontal ; internasals a little 

 broader than long, shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal small, 

 once and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance from 

 the rostral, much shorter than the parietals ; one postocular ; 

 temporals 1 + 1 ; seven upper labials, third and fourth entering 

 the eye , fifth forming a short suture with the parietal ; two 

 pairs of chin-shields, subequal in size, anterior in contact with 

 four lower labials. Scales in 15 rows 17 (on the neck). Yentrals 

 (203-) 221; anal divided; subcaudals 22 (-23). Blackish brown, 

 each scale with a terminal round white spot, ventrals edged 

 with white ; upper surface of head and nape uniform black. 



Total length 235 millim. ; tail 20. 



Dolo ; a single female specimen. 



This species differs from M. vaillanti, Mocq., in the third and 

 fourth labials only entering the eye, the fifth separating the 

 postocular from the anterior temporal, the rostral more produced 

 above, and in the higher number of ventral shields. 



34. Naia nigricoliis, Reinh. — Banas, Gallaland; a single young 

 specimen. 



Belongs to my var. pallida. Pale reddish brown above yel- 

 lowish beneath ; a black ring round the neck. 27 scales across 

 the neck, 25 across the middle of the body; ventrals 204; sub- 

 caudals 66. 



35. Bitis arietans, Merr. — Sassabana , Audo Mts. , Elba , 

 L. Abaia. 



