54 THE SNAKES OF BRITISH EAST AFRICA 
Melanoleuca . — Total length 7 feet 9f inches. Tail 1 foot 
3f inches. Coloration very variable. Sides of head yellowish 
or whitish, some or all of the labials with posterior black edge. 
Naia or Naja nigricollis. 
From Report of Wellcome Lab., Khartum, Vol. III. 
Haiae . — Olive grey above with a broad brownish-black patch, 
not extending to the lower side, behind the neck, and somewhat 
further back another broad blackish band which extends all 
round the body ; between these there is a lighter space with a 
few black spots. Found at Thika River. 
Genus Dendras'pis — 
Jamesonii . — Total length 6 feet 10 inches. Tail 1 foot 
10 inches. Olive green above, uniform on each scale, brown 
at the end ; head-shields finely edged with blackish ; lips 
yellowish, the shields edged with black ; belly yellowish, 
the shields finely edged with brown or black ; tail yellow, 
scales and shields edged with black. Young with chevron- 
shaped black cross-bars. Found at Kavirondo. 
Angusticeps . — Total length 6 feet 6 inches. Tail 1 foot 
5 inches. Green, olive or blackish, uniform, or some of the 
scales edged with black ; yellowish or pale green underneath ; 
caudal scales and shields not black- edged. Found at Kilifi, 
Taveta, south of Kiboko and Mombasa. 
