202 Zoological Society. 



The ground colour of the body above is yellowish brown ; a series 

 of square sp »ta of a brown, or olive brown colour, extend from the 

 back of the neck, above the median dorsal line, to the end of the 



t ul. On the sides of the neck begins a line of the same colour, 

 which soon breaks into elongated narrow marks, which towards the 

 middle of the body become confused, broken, and irregular. 



The superior margins of the abdominal plates are tinged with 

 gray or dusky brown. 



The whole of the under surface of head, body, and tail, pale 

 yellow. 



Caudal plates, 60 pairs in one specimen, and 57 in another. Length 

 of head and body, 1 foot 11 inches ; of tail, 4 J inches. 



Coronella multicincta. Allied to the "Couleuvre a capuchon' 

 but has the muzzle much shorter and rounder ; it differs also in the 

 distribution of the colours. 



The head is broad, the eyes very small, the muzzle very short 

 and blunt. 



The head is gray, finely and closely marbled, and dotted with 

 black ; a ring of which colour encircles the neck. The ground 

 colour of the trunk above is pale cinereous gray, barred with trans- 

 verse marks of black, broadest in the middle, and having a disposition 

 to assume the arrow-head form ; they unite with the black of the 

 abdomen alternately, so that their direction across the back is not 

 directly transverse but obliquely so. Length of head and body, 1 

 foot, 1^- inches ; of tail, 2| inches. 



Coronella modesta. Head small; muzzle short, but moderately 

 pointed ; eyes small. Scales of upper parts smooth and small ; uni- 

 versal colour yellowish gray. A black band passes from eye to eye ; 

 a second crosses the occiput ; and a third of a more decided tint en- 

 circles the back of the neck. In a specimen from Trebizond, pro- 

 cured by K. Abbott, Esq., the marks on the head are more obscure. 

 Length of head and body, 9 inches ; of tail, 2^ inches. 



Coronella pulchra. Head long, flat, and pointed at the muzzle ; 

 eyes moderate. 



Scales small and smooth. 



General ground colour ashy gray ; the head above beautifully 

 marbled and mottled with black ; an irregular mark crosses each 

 superciliary plate and extends upon the vertical ; and a mark of the 

 same character traverses each occipital, and extends upon the sides 

 of the occiput. A black mark runs below the eye to the margin of 

 the lips, and a second to the angle of the mouth ; a series of black- 

 ish spots begins on the back of the neck, and runs down the back, 



