54. Z AM EMS. 



403 



pl. viii. fi^:. 2 (If^^OO); Savif/ni/, op. cit., SiippJ. pi. iv. fij--. 3 (1829) ; 



fich/ef/. Phys. Serf. ii. p. 1G6"(1837). 

 Z.imenis Horiik'iitus, Dam. ^- Bibr. vii. p. 693 (1854) ; Jan, Icon. 



Gen. 48, pl. vi. li<r. 4 (187U). 



vcntriinaciihitus, part., Giinth. Cat. p. lOo (1858). 



(lahlii, part., Giinth. I. c. p. 107. 



Snout loiijr, moderately projecting, obtuse ; eye smaller than in 

 (he allied species, llostral once and one fourth to once and one 

 third as broad as deep, the ])ortioii visible from above measuring 

 one third or one fourth its distance from the frontal; internasals as 

 long as or a little shorter than the pripfrontals, as long as broad or 

 a little longer ; frontal anteriorly much broader than the supra- 

 ocular, once and one third to once and a half as long as broad, as 

 long as or a little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one (rarely 

 two) pra3ocular, in contact with the frontal, with one or two sub- 

 oculars below: two postoeulars ; temporals 2 + 2 or 2-1-3; nine 

 upper labials, fifth and sixth usually entering the eye ; four or five 

 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; postmor 

 chin-shields as long as or a little longer than the anterior, very 

 narrow and separated from each other by two or three series of 

 scales. Scales smooth, in 21 rows (rarely 23, specs, h and p). 

 Yentrals obtusely angulate laterally, 201-22S ; anal divided ; sub- 

 caudals 82-100. (jreyish or brownish olive above, with blackish 

 s(iuare spots disposed quincuncially ; nape and anterior part of 

 body with a dorsal series of blackish cross bars and two alternating 

 series of spots on each side ; head with more or less distinct sym- 

 metrical dark markings ; some specimens uniform olive ; labials 

 yellowish, usually each with a blackish spot ; ventrals yellowish 

 white or coral-red, with a blackish spot at each end, rarely 

 obscured with brown dots. 



Total length 1090 millim. ; tail 220. 



Egypt. 



«,6-rZ. c?(V.212,213;C. 



92,9;}), 2 (V. 228; C. 



89), & vg. (V. 201 ; C. 



98 j. 

 e. Yg. (V. 211 ; C. 90). 

 /•. Ilgr. (V. 208 ; C.91). 

 '(,. Yg. (Y.219: C. 94). 

 'h-m. 6 (Y. 210, 213: C. 



?, 93) & $ (V. 216, 



222,217; C. 86, 100, 



82). 

 n. Yg. (Y. 220; C. 88). 

 „. $ (Y. 211; C.9o). 



Egypt. 



Egypt. 

 Egypt. 

 Egypt. 



Abu - Roash, W. of 

 Cairo. 



Sir J.Wilkinson [P.]. 



.T. Burton, Esq. fP.]. 

 Zoological Society. 



Dr. .1. Anderson 'P.''. 



p. Yg. (Y. 214 ; C. ?). 

 ,/-;•. $ (Y. 212: C. 9 

 & vg. (Y. 208 ; C. 97). 



Pyramids of Gizeh. 

 Tel - el - Amarna, 

 Upper Egypt. 



Assiout, Upper Egypt. 

 Luxor. 



Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 

 l)r. J. Anderson and 



Prof.^^^:\r.F]inders 



IVtrie [I'.'. 

 Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 

 Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 



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