88. CORONELLA. 195 
and fifth entering the eye; four lower labials in contact with the 
anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or longer than the 
posterior. Scales in 21 (rarely 19) rows. Ventrals 170-200; anal 
divided ; subcaudals 55-72. Brown, greyish, or reddish above, with 
dark brown or blackish transverse spots or bars; a pair of elongate 
blackish spots or a U-shaped mark on the nape; a black streak 
from the eye to the angle of the mouth, and a dark band between 
the eyes, crossing the prefrontals; a black line below the eye; 
lower parts yellowish or red, with quadrangular black spots or with 
two black longitudinal bands or series of spots. 
Total length 620 millim.; tail 125. 
South of France, Italy, Pyrenean Peninsula, Morocco, Algeria. 
a. d (V. 186; C. 65). Montpellier. 
b..9 (V. 196; C. 56). Matitime Alps. Count M. G. Peracca 
(Pe) 
ec. Her. 2 (V. 183; C.61). Genoa. Count M. G. Peracca 
LPat 
d. Ye. (V. 194; C. 59). Ferrieare,Apennines. Prof. G. B. Howes P.j. 
e.d (V. 185; C. 64). Pisa. Prof. Della Torre [ E.}. 
5 ONES 194; C. 58). ltaly. Prof. J.J, Bianeoni{ P| 
g-h. & (V. 187 ; C. 65) Serra de Gerez, Dr. Gadow [C.]. 
& ye. i 190 ; C. 58). Portugal. 
t. g (V. 180;-C. 67). Coimbra. Dr. J. L. Vieira [P.]. 
ke. 2 (¥. 19E;C. G4). Morocco. M. Curty[C.]. Héron- 
Royer Collection. 
2. Skull. Montpellier. 
4. Coronella semiornata. 
Coronella semiornata, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p, 622; Giinth. 
Cat. p. 39 (1858) ; Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p: 116, pl. avi 
fig. 2 (1882). 
Zamenis fischeri, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 777. 
Coronella inornata, FF ischer, Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. i. 1884, p. 6, 
Li, tip: 2. 
Behe: Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1893, p. 117. 
Snout not prominent ; rostral much broader than deep, just 
visible from above; internasals as long as the prefrontals ; frontal 
as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 
parietals ; loreal longer than deep; one prexocular, reaching or nearly 
reaching the frontal; two postoculars; temporals 2+2 or 2+3 
(rarely 142); eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the 
eye: four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 
shields, which are as long as the posterior. Scales in 21 rows. 
Ventrals 176-294; anal divided: subcaudals 63-88. Olive-brown 
above, with black transverse lines on the anterior portion of the 
body; these lines indistinct or broken up in the adult; upper lip 
and pre- and postoculars yellowish ; ventrals yellowish, uniform or 
edged with black. 
Total length 610 millim. ; tail 150. 
East Africa. 
