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^._OPISTHOGLYPHA. 
Taebophis semiannulatus (Smith) ; B.M. Cat., III., 51. 
Zeerust (L. Cooper). 
Leptodira hotambceia (Laurent.) ; B.M. Cat., III., 89. 
Eldorado (0. A. Kidwell) ; Wirsing (W. L. Whiley) ; Colesberg 
(Donor?) ; Somerset Strand (J. H. Power). 
This snake, according to the late J. M. Leslie, is a confirmed toad- 
eater; in the Transvaal it seems to prefer the red toad {Bufo carens)' smd it 
will also take Breviceps mossambicus. 
Amplorhinus multimaculatus Smith; B.M. Cat., III., 125. 
Somerset Strand (J. H. Power) ; Muizenberg (J. H. Power). 
This snake is common near Somerset Strand. When taken in the 
hand it does not hesitate to bite, but according to our experience with no 
ill-effects. Nevertheless, when biting, it appears to deliberately chew 
with the poison fangs, as' in the case of other OinsthoglypJia. It seems to 
prefer a marshy habitat. 
Trimerorhinus rhombeatus (Linn.) ; B.M. Cat., III., 138. 
Somerset Strand (J. H. Power). 
Trimerorhinus trit^niatus (Giinth.) ; B.M. Cat., III., 139. 
Bembesi (Miss Nichol) ; Natal (J. E. Mackenzie) ; Kimberley (J. H. 
Power) ; Eiet Eiver (J. Watson). 
Ehamphiophis multimaculatus (Smith) ; B.M. Cat., III., 148. 
Kyky and Lower Molopo (L. W.). 
PsAMMOPHis NOTOSTicTus Pet. ; B.M. Cat., III., 156. 
Driekoppen, Hanover (A. Smith) ; De Aar (J. Oberem). 
PsAMMOPHis FURCATUS Pet. ; B.M. Cat., III., 164. 
Madibi (F. B. Parkinson) ; Nosob and Springbok Vlei, Gordonia (L. W.) ; 
Moseley, Fauresmith (E. Heath) ; Kimberley (L. McBean, S. Cohen, 
P. O. Donnel, V. C. Ortlepp, J. H. Power, Miss Swanson, C. Tidmarsh). 
This snake may sometimes be found in thorn-trees (Acacia horrida, 
&c.) near Kimberley. We once took a hibernating individual in an 
abandoned termite nest. 
