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the back, are broader than the interspaces. Costally 3 or 4 series of 

 quincunciately arranged spots decreasing in size from above down- 

 wards pass along the whole body, the uppermost alternating with the 

 vertebral series. 



Zamenis gemonensis. 

 A single specimen from Gotwand, North of Shushtar, S. Persia, 

 accords with variety asianvs (Boettger). This variety has not 

 hitherto been recorded further South than Palestine. 



The 3rd supralabial is divided, the upper part touching the eye. 



It is blackish with rather indistinct median-rose-coloured streaks on 

 each scale, more noticeable in the hinder part of the body. The belly 

 is blackish-plumbeous, heavily mottled with rose-pink. The posterior 

 borders of the supralabials are black. 



Contia decemlineata. 

 Ten specimens, the longest (viz. No. 6) measuring 1 foot 8^ inches, 

 the tail 5£ inches. 



* The loreal is confluent with the nasal on both sides. 



