260 COLUBRID. 
a-d. 3 (V. 182, 185; C. 68, RioGrandedo Sul. Dr. H. v. Ihering [C. |}. 
G2). O>(V: 138; -C.51), & 
her. (V. 134; C. 63). 
e. Her. 3 (V. 128; C. 61). Uruguay. 
4, Contia decemlineata. 
Ablabes decemlineatus, Dum. & Bibr. vil. p. 827 (1854) ; Giinth. 
' Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p: 489. 
Eirenis collaris, vars. inornata, decemlineata, et quadrilineata, Jan, 
Arch. Zool. Anat. Phy ys. 1. 1863, p. 256, and Icon, Gén. 15, pl. iv. 
figs, 2-4 (1866). 
decemlineatus, F. Miill. Verh. nat. Ges. Basel, vi. 1878, 
p. 595. ° 
inornatus, Ff. Miill. 1. ¢. 
Ablabes modestus, vars., Boetty. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1879- 80, p. 144. 
Homalosoma modestus, part., Peracca, Boll, Mus. Torino, i ix. 1894, 
no. 167, p. 14. 
Rostral as deep as broad or a little broader than deep, just visible 
from above; nasal undivided; suture between the internasals as 
long as or a little shorter than that between the prefrontals ; frontal 
narrow, at least twice as long as broad, not broader than the supra- 
ocular, as long as or a little longer than its distance from the end 
of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal considerably longer 
than deep; one (rarely two) pre- and two postoculars ; temporals 
1+2 or 143; seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the 
eye; four, rarely five, lower labials in contact with the anterior 
chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields as long as or alittle shorter than 
the anterior and in contact with each other. Scales in 17 rows. 
Ventrals 152-175; anal divided ; ssubcaudals 64-85. Pale brown 
above, uniform or with black longitudinal lines arranged in pairs ; 
no dark cross band on the nape; lower parts uniform white. 
Total length 730 millim.; tail 160. 
Syria. 
a. o (V. 164; C. 73). Lebanon, Canon Tristram [C.], 
3 (V. 168, 170; C. 76,75), Merom. .° Canon Tristram [C.]. 
Q (V. 175; C. 66), & yg. (V. 
167 ; 0. 73). 
f-h, 4, hd (V. 166, 167,168,168; Galilee. *Canon Tristram [C.]. 
C. 78, 81, 76, ?) & 9 (V. 159; 
C.? 
i. Her, (V. 16 2; C. 85). Mt. Hermon. Canon Tristram [C.]. 
5. Contia collaris. 
Coluber collaris, Ménétr. Cat. Rais. p. 67 (1832). 
—— nigricollis, Dwigubsky, Nat. Hist. Russ. Emp., Amph. (Russian), 
p- 26 “( 1832). 
reticulatus (non Ménétr.), Krynicky, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc, 1837, 
p- 60. 
Coronella modesta, Martin, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1838, p. 82. 
Tyria argonauta, Lichw. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1839, p- 3806, and Faun. 
Casp.-Caue. p. 114, pl. xxvi. figs. 1 & 2 (1841). 
