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one rostral, two naso-rostral, two fronto-nasal, one parietal, two occipital, and one palpebral on each 
side. Scales of body subrhomboidal, and arranged in oblique rows. Plates under tail entire. 
APARALLACTUS CAPENSIS, n. s. 
Head subovate; sides nearly vertical; nose slig’htly rounded. Rostral plate subtriangular, 
naso-rostral plate small and quadrangular ; fronto-nasal larger, quadrangular ; the anterior side much 
the longest. Frontal plate six-sided ; the two anterior sides, where they join on the mesial line, form 
an acute projecting point, the two hinder sides considerably produced, and unite at an acute angle 
between the occipital plates. Occipital plate subovate, the anterio-inferior portion prolonged to 
the postocular plate ; the outer edge of each occipital plate, towards its hinder extremity, bounded 
by a small quadrangular plate. Nasal plate elongate, five-sided, truncated anteriorly, triangular 
posteriorly, the nostril towards the anterior edge; preocular plato small, subtriangular; postocular 
plate kidney-shaped, or subcordate. Plates of upper lip, exclusive of rostral, 6 ; of lower, exclusive 
of mental, the same. Scales of body in oblique rows, each row forming an angle on the vertebral 
line ; towards the head they are subovate, elsewhere subrhomboidal, or somewhat six-sided ; the 
anterior and posterior sides very short. Plates under the tail entire, like those of the abdomen. 
Teeth small. Colour of the upper surface of the head blackish brown ; a transverse band behind the 
head liver-brown, or pitch-black; the back, the sides of the head and body, and the upper and lateral 
parts of the tail, yellowish brown; the scales of the back tipped with pale brownish red. The 
hinder parts of the head, body, and tail, straw-yellow. Abdominal plates, 163 ; subcaudal plates, 48. 
Length from nose to base of tail, 6 inches ; length of tail, 13 lines ; diameter at thickest part of body, 
about 1 line. 
Inhabits the country (Kaffirland) to the eastward of the Cape Colony. 
OPHIDIA. 
IlOMALOSOMA ARCTIVENTRIS, Wagler, Syst. der Amphib. page 190. Coluber arctiventris, 
Merr. Beitr. i. S. 7, t. i. Calamaria arctiventris, Schleg. Pliysionomie des Serpens, part 
descript, page 36. 
Inhabits the whole of Southern Africa, and is generally observed among dry grass, or in loose 
soil, more especially near the roots of shrubs. 
ELAPOMORPIIUS CAPENSIS, n. s.* 
Head and body of equal width, the latter slightly tapered towards the tail. Body sub- 
cylindrical, not so thick as a goose quill ; tail cylindrical, tapered, and pointed. Head subovate ; 
nose arched; eyes small. Rostral plate small and semicircular; naso-rostral plates small and four 
sided ; fronto-nasal plates much larger, five sided, the two hinder sides united behind at an angle. 
* ELAPOMORPHUS. — Ch. Gen. Teeth of maxilla: slender, the hindermost longer than the others, and grooved ante- 
riorly. Plates of upper surface of head as in Coluber. Nasal plate large, nostril in its centre , fi enal plate wanting ; pre- 
ocular and postocular plate, each one ; plates under tail similar to those of abdomen. Pupil circular. 
