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Museum (M. C. Z., no. 902) a specimen of this species received 

 from the Essex Institute in Salem, 1861, which had been collected 

 by Captain Charles Millitt in Ai-abia. It was sent by Professor 

 Agassiz to Jan, and is said to be one of his types of this species. 

 Unfortunately, I have been unable to consult the original descrip- 

 tion (in De Filippi, Viaggio in Persia, 1865, p. 356), so I can add 

 nothing more regarding the history of this specimen. 



Zamenis dahli (Fitzinger). 



Taken once at Tafileh, southeast of the Dead Sea. Two speci- 

 mens have recently been received from Jerusalem. 



Zamenis gemonensis asianus Boettger. 



Caught by Dr. Phillips at el Kerak, near the Dead Sea. The 

 Museum has a large series of this species from France, Dalmatia, 

 Italy, Sicily, and Syria, including a specimen from Jerusalem, 

 received from the Frankfort Museum, which was studied by 

 Boettger. The Syrian race seems to be well marked and worthy 

 of subspecific designation. 



Eirenis coronella (Schlegel). 



Boulenger considers this species a Contia. 1 prefer, however, 

 for the present to use this name only for the American species, and 

 Eirenis for the allied Old World forms. Dr. Phillips and Mr. Mann 

 procured five snakes which have puzzled me very much; and, as 

 will be seen from the following notes, they are so variable that I 

 believe they combine the characters which were supposed to sepa- 

 rate this species from E. fasciatus, and make it advisable to consider 

 that name a synonym. I will consider the individuals separately. 



The first is an adult from Petra, collected beneath a stone. The 

 color is similar to that in Jan's figure of the synonymous Homalo- 

 soma coronelloides (Icon. Gen., Liv. XIII, pi. 3, fig. 5). The scale 

 formula follows: Sc. 15; V. 158; A. \; Subc. 39. A loreal is 



