126 BOID^. 



1879-80, p. 166 ; Bedriaga, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1881, p. 131 ; 



Boettq. in Radde, Faun. Casp.-Geb. p. 73 (1886) ; Boulenq. Bull. 



Soc. Zool. Fr. 1887, p. 532 ; BoeWj. Zool. Jalirh. iii. 1888, p. 938 ; 



Boulenu. Tr. Zool. Soc. xiii, 1891, p. 143, andProc. Zool. Soc. 1891, 



p. 631. 

 Eryx colubrinus, Daud. t. c. p. 261. 

 turcicus, Daud. t. c. p. 267, pi. Ixxxv. fig. 2 ; Eiclno. Zool. 



Spec. iii. p. 176 (1831), and Faun. Casjy.-Cauc. p. 99, pi. xvii. 



figs. 1-3 (1841). 

 Anguis helluo, Pallas., Zoogr. Ross.-As. iii. p. 54. 

 Tortrix miliaris, Merr. Tent. p. 82 (1820). 



jaculus, Merr. I. e. p. 83. 



colubi'ina, Merr. I. c. 



Boa tatarica, Lichtenst. Verz. Doubl. p. 104 (1823), and Eversm. 



Reise Oretih. n. Buck. p. 146 (1823). 

 Eryx familiaris, Eichio. Zool. Sjjec. p. 176. 



miliaris, Eichw. I. c. 



Tortrix eryx, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 14, pi. i. figs. 11-13 (1837). 

 Eryx jaculus, var. teherana, Jan, I. c. p. 72; De Filipin, Viarjg. Pers. 



p. 355 (1865). 



Rostral large and broad, with angular horizontal edge ; one or 

 two pairs of small shields behind the rostral, five to nine scales from 

 eye to eye across the forehead ; seven to fourteen scales round the 

 eye, which is separated from the labials by one or two rows of 

 scales ; ten to fourteen upper labials. A mental groove. Scales 

 smooth, feebly keeled on the posterior part of the body and on the 

 tail, in 40 to 50 rows. Ventrals narrow, 165-200 ; anal small ; 

 subcaudals 15-34. Tail obtusely conical. Pale greyish, reddish, 

 or yellowish brown above, with dark brown or blackish transverse 

 blotches or alternating spots ; or brown, with paler spots ; a dark 

 streak from the eye to the angle of the mouth ; belly white, uniform 

 or with blackish dots ; a more or less distinct dark streak along each 

 side of the tail. 



Total length 510 millim. ; tail 45. 



Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey (?), S.W. and Central Asia, 

 North Africa. 



A. 5 to 7 scales between the eyes, 2 or 3 between the nasals and 

 the eye, 8 to 11 round the eye; 9 to 11 upper labials. 



a. S (V. 165 ; C. 29). Corfu. Dr. Bengo [P.]. 



6. Hgr. (V. 183 ; C. 20). Greece. Capt. Ince [P.]. 



c-f, g-i- 6 (V. 168 ; C. Xanthus. Sir C. Fellows [P.j. 



34) ; 2 (V. 175 ; C. 



26 ; hgr. (V. 177, 172, 



170, 172 ; C. 21, 32, 



24, 22) ; & yg. (V. 



174, 172 ; 0. 33, 22). 

 k. 2 (V. 173 ; C. 24). Xanthus. Haslar Hospital. 



I 5 (V. 174 ; C. 19). Palestine. Canon Tristram [P.]. 



7/1. 2 (V. 189; C. 19). Egypt. Sir J. Wilkiuson[P.]. 



n, Yg. (V. 188 ; C. 21). Mehalla-el-Kobra,Delta. Dr. J. Anderson & 



G. H. Kent, Esq. 

 [P.]. 

 o-p. 6 (V. 193 ; C. ?) & Near Cairo. Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 



$ (V. 198; C. 18). 



