110 REPTILES. 



Mi&c. 45. Eryx cle la Thebaide, Geoff. Rept. EgypU i- 140, t. 6, 

 /. 1 (not accurate). 



Internasals one pair ; scales behind the nasal plate small, gra- 

 nular, like those of the crown ; throat without any fold ; tail conical, 

 tip covered with a conical scale ; vertebral shield none ; two series 

 of scales under the eyes. 



«. In spirits. Adult. N. Africa, Egypt. Presented by Sir J. G. 

 Wilkinson. 



22. Clothonia. 



Head covered with small, symmetrical, smooth scales : muzzle 

 shielded, with one pair internasals and one pair frontonasals : nose 

 wedge-shaped : rostral wedge-shaped, very broad, subtriangular : 

 upper jaw rather the longest : throat with a distinct fold : body sub- 

 cylindrical : scales small ; of the middle of the back convex ; of the 

 sides flat, smooth ; two lower series the largest : tail triangular, 

 .scarcely tapering, and tip covered with a large three-sided scale. 



Clothonia, Daud. Rept. vii. 285. Gray^ Ann. Phil. x. 1825, 

 210. Zool. Misc. 43, 1842. Boa sp., Russell, Ind. Serp. Eryx 

 sp., Merrem, Tent. 85. Boie. Dum. ^^ Bih. 



1. The Clothonia. Clothonia Johnii, Gray. Zool. Misc. 45. 

 Boa Johnii, Russell, Ind. Serp. ii. t. 26, adult; 17, young. Eiyx 

 Johnii, Du7n. 8f Bih. Erp. Gen. vi. 458. Boa anguiformis, Schn. 

 Amph. ii. 269. Clothonia anguifonnis, Daud. Rept. vii. 283. Gray, 

 Ann. Phil. x. 210. Ervx anguiformis, Merrem, Tent. 85. Tortrix 

 Eryx, adult, Schlegel, Phys. Serp. ii. 18, 11. Amphisbaena, Penny 

 Encyc. fig. 



Keddish brown ; one series of scales between eyes and labial 

 shields : young bright coloured {Russell, Ind. Serp. t. 17). 



a. In spirits. Adult. India. Purchased. 



b. In spirits. Adult. Tail injured and rounded. India. Pre- 



sented by General Hardwicke. 



c. In spirits. Skin of adult. Madras. Presented by J. C. Jer- 



don, Esq. 



d. In spirits. Verj^ young (discoloured dark brown). Presented by 



the Royal College of Surgeons. 



e. In fluid. Half grown. Madras. Presented by J. C. Jerdon, 



Esq. 



