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the diameter of body is contained 113 times in total length, and the length 

 of the tail ten times. Besides this difference in proportions between 

 phillipsi and macrorhynchus, Jan's figure shows that in the latter species 

 the second (or postocular) labial is larger, and the postocular above it 

 much larger, more rotund, less oblong in shape. In the figure also the 

 rostral is much more narrow when seen from above and more declivous, 

 less rounded, when seen in profile. The entire typical series before me is 

 remarkably homogenous and shows surprisingly little individual variation. 



Typhlops vermicularis Merrem. 



Mr. Mann collected five specimens at Rasheya, Mount Hermon, 

 Syria. I have compared these critically with a specimen from the 

 Caucasus, received from the Petrograd Museum through Dr. A. 

 Strauch. I cannot observe any difference bet\\^een them whatso- 

 ever. 



Natrix hydrus (Pallas). 



Two adults from Wady el Hesa, east of the Dead Sea. In this 

 wady there is a strongly flowing stream of quite deep water. The 

 two specimens were taken in camp about fifty yards from the bank. 

 One specimen was brought in by an Arab, and the other was found 

 beneath the floor-cloth of the tent when camp was broken in the 

 morning. A young specimen was secured at Fuweila in Sinai. 

 So far as I can learn, this is the first record for this species in the 

 Sinaitic peninsula. 



Zamenis nummifer (Reuss). 



Two fine specimens of this snake were secured, one from El 

 Kerak, on the plateau east of the Dead Sea, and the other from 

 Feiran in Sinai. The Museum had previously received speci- 

 mens from Jerusalem and from the site of Sidon in Syria. 



Zamenis rhodorhachis Jan. 



Dr. Phillips met with this snake but once, when a large example 

 was secured at Wady Feiran. There is in the collection of the 



