194 COLUBEID^. 



Intprinediate between C. austnaca and C. r/ii-ondlca. Snout pro- 

 minent ; rostral as deep as broad, produced between the internasals, 

 the portion seen from above about half as long as its distance 

 from the frontal ; suture between the internasals one third the 

 length of that between the prajfrontals ; frontal a little longer 

 than its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter than 

 the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one proe- and two post- 

 oculars; temporals 2 + 3; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 

 entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields three fourths the length of the 

 anterior. Scales in 21 rows. Ventrals 190-198 ; anal divided ; 

 subcaudals 52-64. Grey-brown above, with reddish-brown spots 

 and four rather indistinct dark longitudinal bands ; vertebral region 

 light ; a pair of elongate dark brown spots on the nape ; a black 

 streak on each side of the head, from the nostrU, through the eye, 

 to the angle of the mouth ; a dark band between the eyes, crossing 

 the prsefrontals ; a black line below the eye; lower parts coral-red, 

 with quadrangular black spots. 



Total length 390 millim. ; tail 72. 



Morocco and Algeria. 



«-6. 2 (V. 193 ; C. 63) Benider Hills, near M. H. Vaucher [C.]. 



& yg. (V. 100 ; C. 64) . Tangier. 



3. Coronella girondica. 



Coluber girondicus, Baud. Rept. vi. p. 432 (1803). 



meridionalis, Baud. vii. p. 158 (1803). 



viccwW, Meta.t a, M on. 8er p. Rom. p. 40, pi. — . figs. 3 & 4 



(1823); Bo7iap. Icon. Faun. Ital. (18:^2). 



Coronella meridionalis, Boie^ Isis, 1827, p. 539. 



Coluber rubens, Gachet, Actes Son. Linn. Bord. iii. 1829, p. 255.] 



Coronella Isevis, part., Schleg. Phys. Serj). ii. p. 65 (1837). 



Zamenis riccioli, Bonap. Mem. Ace. Tor. (2) ii. 1839, p. 432. 



Coronella girondica, Dimi. ^ Bib?: vii. p. 612 (1854) ; Giinfh. Cat. 

 p. 35 (1858) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 251, and 

 Icon. Gen. 17, pi. iii. figs. 1-3 (1866) ; Boettg. Ahh. Senck. Ges. 

 ix. 1873, p. 150 : Schreib. Herp. Bur. p. 299 (1875) ; Be Betta, 

 Faun. (Vital, Rett. Anf. p. 37 (1875) ; Lataste, Herp. Gir. p. 151 

 (1876) ; Bedriaga, Anlph. et Rept. de Portug. p. 65 (1889) ; Came- 

 rano, Mon. Ofid. Ital., Col. p. 64 (1891) ; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. 

 xiii. 1891, p. 145; Caruccio, Boll. Soc. Rom. i. 1892, p. 55; Eo- 

 lombatovic, N. Nadod. Kralj. Balm. p. 12 (1893). 



riccioli. Be Betta, Mem. Ace. Vero?ia, xxxv. 1857, p. 191, and 



Atti 1st. Ven. (3) xiii. 1868, p. 921. 



Isevis, var. hispauica, Boettg. Ber. Offenb. Ver. Nat. x. 1869, 



p. 65. 



Snout scarcely prominent ; rostral much broader than deep, just 

 visible from above ; suture between the internasals not more than 

 half as long as that between the pra^frontals ; frontal as long as or 

 a little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one prge- and two 

 postoculars; temporals 2-|-3 or3-f3; eight upper labials, fourth 



