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synonym, is known to us from the description only. It is described as with 
170 to 180 scales round the body, with irregularly scattered, strongly keeled 
and mucronate ones. We regard it provisionally as a variety of A. atra. 
We propose to distinguish, as var. rudis, specimens with a coarser 
lepidosis, of which a definition is given further on. 
Particulars of Specimens Examined. 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
o. 
6. 
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8. 
9. 
British Museum : 
Simon's Bay ^ . 
82 
Ill 
21 
60 
20 
20 
35 
3 
3rd & 4th 
? • • 
84 
18 
55 
19 
20 
3-5 
3 
3rd & 4th 
PrincG AlbGrt ^ 
93 
102 
22 
65 
23 
23 
4 
4 
4th 
Deelfontein ^ 
IIG 
145 
30 
80 
29 
27 
4'5 
4 
3rd 
S • • 
106 
/ 0 
25 
24 
3"5 
oru. oo 'ii/n 
$ ■ ■ 
91 
115 
24 
60 
22 
23 
4 
3-5 
3rd & 4th 
? • • 
93 
103 
23 
61 
21 
21 
4 
3*5 
4th 
0 . . 
82 
91 
20 
54 
19 
19 
3-5 
3 
4th 
Klipfontem $ 
80 
115 
20 
64 
22 
22 
3*5 
3 
4th 
9 • • 
101 
124 
23 
74 
26 
26 
4-5 
4-5 
4th 
? • • 
99 
122 
20 
75 
25 
25 
4-5 
4 
4th 
Kimberley S 
105 
130 
25 
68 
25 
25 
4-5 
4 
4th 
S ■ ■ 
105 
? 
24 
67 
24 
25 
4-5 
4 
4th 
$ • 
102 
? 
21 
68 
23 
23 
4-5 
3-5 
3rd & 4th 
c? • • 
100 
p 
22 
68 
25 
25 
45 
4 
4th 
? • • 
90 
115 
21 
62 
21 
22 
4 
3-5 
4th 
2 . . 
80 
100 
19 
56 
19 
19 
3-5 
3-5 
3rd & 4th 
Johannesburg- $ 
103 
? 
26 
70 
25 
25 
4 
3-5 
3rd 
103 
? 
24 
68 
23 
23 
4 
4 
4th 
? • 
82 
91 
19 
53 
18 
18 
3-5 
3 
3rd 
Heidelberg, Transvaal $ 
108 
p 
24 
71 
24 
25 
4-5 
4-5 
3rd & 4th 
Rvistenburg „ S 
1 
ypes( 
115 
160 
25 
76 
26 
26 
5 
5 
4th 
100 
? 
22 
65 
22 
22 
4 
4 
4th 
? J 
olepis 
96 
125 
21 
68 
24 
24 
4 
3-5 
4th 
Naroep, Namaqnalancl ^ 
125 
p 
28 
84 
32 
28 
5 
5 
4th 
? 
94 
120 
21 
68 
23 
23 
4 
4 
4th 
2 
85 
112 
21 
66 
22 
23 
4 
4 
4th 
Kimberley Museum : 
KalkBay $ . . . 
. 84 
116 
20 
62 
21 
23 
4 
4 
4th 
Table Mountain $ . 
. 81 
p 
18 
50 
20 
20 
3 
3 
4th 
Gordon's Bay ^ 
. 76 
106 
18 
51 
18 
18 
3 
3 
3rd & 4th 
s 
. 68 
98 
17 
50 
18 
19 
3 
3 
3rd & 4th 
? • . 
. 65 
86 
15 
42 
15 
15 
3 
2-5 
3rd & 4th 
Paarl ^ . . . . 
. 69 
102 
16 
48 
18 
19 
3 
3 
3rd & 4th 
Victoria West ^ 
. 85 
p 
19 
51 
18 
19 
3-5 
3 
4th shghtly 
Hanover $ . . . 
. 90 
21 
63 
22 
22 
4 
3-5 
4th 
