30 REPTILES. 



rt, h. In spirits. Pale coloured. India. Presented by Dr. Patrick 

 Russell. 



c, d. In spirits. Brighter coloured, with three series of white-edged 

 dark spots ; occiput with a central pale spot ; belly brown, 

 spotted on the sides. Presented by Walter Elliott, Esq. 



e. In spirits. Adult. Madras. Presented by J. C. Jerdon, M.D. 



II. Head more or less shielded. Nostrils lateral, anterior. 



a. Head Jlat-topped, high on the sides, shielded in front ; crown scaly. 

 Nostrils in the middle of a shield. Tail end simple : suhcaudal 

 plates two-rowed. Pupil ohlong, erect. Viperina. 



5. ViPEEA. 



Superciliary shields distinct, rest of the head covered with 

 small smooth plates : nose more or less recurved. 



Vipera, Gray, Zool. Misc. Bonap. Vipera sp. Latr. Wagler, 

 Amph. 177. Echidna sp., Merrem, Tent. 150. Pelias sp., Boie. 

 Cobra, Fitz. Rhinechis, Fitz. Rhinaspis, Bonap. 



* Nose rather elevated and rounded in front. 



1. The Asp. Vipera aspis, Latr. Kept, iii, 304. Schlegel,Phys. 

 Serp. 591, t. 21, /. 17, 18. Gray, Zool. Misc. 96. Aspic. Lacep. 

 Q. O. ii. 53, t. 2, /. 1. Razoum. Mont. Jur. 284. Coluber aspis, 

 Linn. S. N. i. 370. Latr. Salam, xxiii. Vipera Francisci Redi, 

 Law. Rept. 99. Col. Redi, Gmelin, S. N. i. 1091. Shaw, Zool. 

 iii. 380. Vipera Redi, Latr. Rept. iii. 304. Daud. Rept. vi. 152. 

 Coluber Berus, Cuvier, R. A. ii. 82, ed. 2 ; ii. 91. Col. Chersea, 

 Latr. Rept. iii. 397. Vipera vulgaris, Latr. Rept. iii. 212. V. ocel- 

 lata, Latr. Rept. iii. 2. Daud. Rept. vi. 240. ? V. maculata, Latr. 

 Rept. iii. 102. Merrem, Tent. 153. ? Col. maculata, Gmelin, S. 

 N. i. 1092. Lachesis Redi, Hempr. Vipera cholobia, Petagna. 

 V, Heegeri, Schinz, t. var. V. prester, Metaxa. Pelias aspis, Boie. 



Olive ; beneath blackish or pale blackish varied : back with 

 four series of dark spots ; the two vertebral series close together and 

 sometimes confluent, subalternate : occiput with two elongate 

 transverse spots : temple with a broad linear streak. 



a. In spirits. Dark olive, spots large. Europe, Alps. Presented 



by Professor Bonelli. 

 h. Inspirits. Pale, spots smaller, beneath pale, black varied : male. 



Europe, Alps. Presented by Professor Bonelli. 



