REPTILIA. 



ORDER, OPHIDIA. 



FAMILY, TYPHLOPID^. 



1. Typlilops syriams. Jan. Icon. Oph., p. 15, llvr. 3. Figured, 

 Lortet. Arch. Mus. H. N. Lyon, t. iii., pi. .xix. 



This blind burrowing Snake is very common all over the country. 

 Dr. Lortet mentions that it is also found in Mesopotamia. The species 

 east of the Tigris [T. persiacs) is distinct. It is nocturnal or crepuscular, 

 and feeds on worms and very small insects. 



2. O^iychocephalus sivioni. Bottg. Ber. Senck. Nat. Gesells. Frankf., 

 1878-79, p. 58. 



This Blindworm, about six inches long, was found by Hans Simon 

 both at Jaffa and at Caiffa. These are the only specimens known. 



FAMILY, ELAPOMORPHID.E. 



3. Micrelaps vm'elleri. Bottg. Ber. Senck. Ges., 1879-80, p. 137. 

 Lortet. Rept. de Syrie., pi. xix., fig. 2. 



This graceful little Snake, about sixteen inches long, black, with 

 white rings from head to tail, is found in the hill country of Judea and 

 Galilee. The type is from Jerusalem. Dr. Lortet also found it near 

 Lattakieh. 



