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R II ITT LOSS A. 



ClIAM.El.EONTIU.E. 



Cn\M,^LEOK O.VLCARIFER, Peters. 



ChamcBleon calcarifer, Anderson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. G51. 



4. 2 and 9 J. 



OPHIDIA. 

 CoLUBEIDie. 



Zamenis nnoDoanAcnis, Jan. 



2 d and 2 2 . 



These four specimens agree with those from Aden in the low 

 numbers of their ventrals as compared with Egyptian and Indian 

 examples of the species. 



Like the Aden specimen-*, they also belong to the variety 

 ladacensis, with no vertebral stripe. They are greyish olive, 

 one uniformly so, while the others have the characteristic dark 

 cross-bands developed, chiefly anteriorly ; and the angles of the 

 ventrals are dusky, with a minute black spot ; a dusky spot 

 below the eye ; underparts white. 



Zamenis diadema, Schleg. 



1 d and 1 $ . 



They have both 25 rows of scales round the body, which is a 

 rare number, and the lowest that is found in this snake. I know 

 of only two other instances of its occurrence, viz., in a specitnen 



' C. Contact. ^ BC. Broadly in contact. 



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