SQUAMATA. 
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Elaposchema , n. g. [= Calamelaps , Gthr. — R ec.], Mocquard, M6m. 
Cent. Soc. Philom. p. 122. E. vaillanti , n. sp., id. t. c. p. 123, pi. xii, fig. 1. 
Brachyophis, n. g. Body remarkably short ; scales smooth, scarcely 
imbricate ; head not distinct from neck ; snout trenchant ; eyes very 
small, pupil round ; a large azygos occipital behind the parietals ; nasal 
undivided, separated from the rostral by the first labial ; no loreal ; one 
prse- and two postoculars ; no temporals ; ventrals keeled on the sides ; 
anal divided ; subcaudals simple ; maxillary teeth few, posterior grooved. 
B. revoili , n. sp., id. t. c. p. 125, pi. xi, fig. 3, Somaliland. 
Elapomorphus acanthias , Kroy. : note by Gunther, t. c. p. 323. E. 
ccecutiens , n. sp., id. t. c. pi. xix, fig. b, Cameroon Mountains. 
Uriechis capensis, Smith, p. 324, lunulatus , Ptrs , p. 324, and concolor , 
Fisch., p. 325 : notes by Gunther, t. c. U. jachsonii , n. sp., id. t. c. p. 325, 
pi. xix, fig. e, foot of Kilimanjaro. 
Geophis emmeli, n. sp., Bcettger, Ber. Senck. Ges. 1888, p. 192, fig., 
Upper Beni R., Bolivia. 
Achalinus rufescens , n. sp., Boulenger, Ann. N. H. (6) ii, p. 43, Hong 
Kong. 
Ilomalosoma variegatum , Ptrs. : on a colour variety ; id. t. c. p. 140. 
Simotes torquatus, Bhamo, Burma, and planiceps , Minhla, n. spp., id. 
Aim. Mus. Genov. (2) vi, p. 597. S. chinehsis n. sp., Gunther, Ann. 
N. H. (5) i, p. 169, Kiu Kiang. 
Simotes Tierzi , Bttg., = Coluber rufodorsatus, Cant. ; Bcettger, 26.-28. 
Ber. Offenb. Yer. p. 70. 
Rhinocheilus antonii , n. sp., A. Duges, Nat. Mex. (2) i, p. 66, pi. vii, 
Mazatlan. 
Coronella torquata, p. 103, pi. v, fig. 3, and microps , p. 104, pi. v, fig. 4, 
n. spp., Boulenger, Ann. N. H. (G) i, Madagascar. 
Neusterophis atratus, Ptrs., = Coronella olivacea , Ptrs. ; Bcettger, Ber. 
Senck. Ges. 1888, p. 48. 
Liophis julice , Cope, redescribed by Gunther, Ann. N. H. (6) ii, p. 365. 
Alsophis fuscicauda, n. var. of A. angulifer ; G arman, Bull. Ess. Inst, 
xx, p. 6, Cayman Brae. 
Dromicus anomalus , Ptrs., p. 37, and parvifrons } Cope, p. 40, described 
by J. G. Fischer, JB. Hamb. v. D. baroni , n. sp., Boulenger, Ann. 
N. H. (6) i, p. 104, pi. v, fig. 5, Madagascar. 
Erythrolamprus grammophrys , n. sp., A. Duges, P. Am. Phil. Soc. xxv, 
p. 181, fig., Tengohecho, State of Michoacan, Mexico. 
Pityophis deppii , Jan, described and figured by A. Duges, Nat. Mex. (2) 
i, p. 123, pi. xiii, fig. 15. 
Ablabes homey eri, Ptrs., = Dromophis angolensis , Bocage ; Bcettger, 
Ber. Senck. Ges. 1888, p. 55. 
Cyclophis fasciatus , Jan : notes by Bcettger, Zool. Jahrb. iii, p. 920. 
Cyclophiop8 , n. g., closely allied to Cyclophis, Gthr., but differing in the 
divided nasal. 0. dorice, n. sp., Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi, 
p. 599, ICakkim Hills, Burma. 
Pseudocyclophis , n. g., differing from Cyclophis , Gthr., in the vertical 
pupil. P. walteri , n. sp., Bcettger, Zool. Anz. xi, p. 262, and Zool. 
Jahrb. iii, p. 922, pi. xxxiv, fig. 1, Frontier of Transcaspia arid Persia. 
