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five lower labials. 14 scales round the body. Diameter of body 

 38 to 48 times in the total length , length of tail 1 9 to 22 times. 

 Dark brown above, pale brown beneath; end of tail whitish. 

 Total length 130 millim. 



Two specimens from Fernando Po (Basilé and Musola, 400- 

 700 m.) and one from Buea, Cameroon, 900-1200 m. 



Allied to G. sundevalli, Jan, as figured in the Iconographie 

 Générale; distinguished by the larger second and fourth upper 

 labials and the divided nasal. 



()1. Python sebae, Gmel. 

 Portuguese Guinea: Bolama, Rio Cassine. 

 62. Calabaria reinhardti, Schleg. 

 Cameroon: Buea, ()0;)-1200 m. 

 Fernando Po: Basilé, Bahia do S. Carlos. 



Oolul>r*iclae. 



()3. Tropidonotus fuliginoides, Gthr. 

 Cameroon: Victoria, Buea, 600-1200 m. 

 Fernando Po; Musola, 500-700 m. 



64. Tropidonotus depressiceps, Werner. 

 Cameroon: Buea, 600-1200 m. 

 Fernando Po: Musola, 500-700 m. 



The specimens, from Cameroon, described by Werner, had 33 

 to 35 pairs of suturai shields; a male from Fernando Po has 38 

 pairs. 



65. Hydraethiops melanogaster, Gthr. 



French Congo : Fernand-A^az. 



The single specimen, a female, has 25 scales across the body. 

 Yentrals 150; subcaudals 42. The light lateral streak reddish brown. 



66. Boodon lineatus, D. & B. 

 Portuguese Guinea : Bolama, Rio Cassine. 



67. Boodon bedriagae, sp. n. 



The Boodon of S. Thomé, which has been referred by Bar- 

 boza du Bocage and Greeft' to B. capensls, by Jan to B. qua- 

 drilineatus , and by Bedriaga to B. lineatus , constitutes a 



