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Baud. Rept. vii. p. 19; Merr. Tent. p. 101. Coluber thuringicus, 

 Bechstein's Uebers. von Lacep. iii. p. 181. Coluber ferrugineus, 

 Sparmann,N. Schw. Abhandl. xvi. t. 7- A. B. Zacholus austriacus, 

 Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 190. Coronella laevis, Boie, Isis, 1827, 

 pp. 519, 539 ; Schleg. Ess. pi. 2. f. 12, 13 ; Bum. Sf Bibr. p. 610. 

 Scales in twenty-one rows; anal bifid; upper labials seven. 

 Brown : back with two, sometimes confluent, series of irregularly 

 rounded dark spots. Hinder maxillary tooth smooth. 



a. Adult. France. 



b, c. Adult. Hanover. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



d. Half-grown. Italy. Presented by J. J. Bianconi. 



e. Half-grown. Europe. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 



2. Coronella girondica. 



Coluber girondicus. Baud. Rept. vi. p. 432 ; Cuv. R^gne Anim. 

 Coluber riccioli, Metaxa, Mon. del Serp. di Roma,\f. 3, 4 ; Bonap. 

 Faun. Ital. pi. . Coronella girondica. Bum. Sjr Bibr. p. 612. 



Scales in twenty-one rows ; anal bifid ; upper labials eight. 

 Brown, with a dorsal series of irregularly rounded dark spots ; 

 on each side of belly a series of quadrangular dark spots. Hinder 

 maxillary tooth smooth. 



a. Adult. Italy. Presented by J. J. Bianconi. 



3. Coronella cucullata. 



Couleuvre a capuchon, Geoffr. Bescr. de V Eg. Rept. pi. 8. f. 3. 

 Coronella laevis, var., Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 69. Lycognathus cucul- 

 latus. Bum. S{ Bibr. p. 926. 



Scales in nineteen rows ; anal bifid and r.ot entire ; ui)per labials 

 eight. Light brown : on each side of the neck a dark streak, 

 confluent on the crown ; neck with a dark spot, sometimes con- 

 fluent with former, and forming a large black spot, covering the 

 occiput and neck. Hinder maxillary teeth grooved. 

 a-c. Adult and half-grown. Tunis. From Mr. Eraser's Col- 

 lection. 



d. Adult. Algiers. 



e. Half-grown. Tangiers. 



f-h. Adult and half-grown. Tripoli. From the Collection of 



the Zoological Society. 

 i. Adult : not good state. N. Afiica. Presented by J. Burton, 



jun., Esq. 



4. Coronella decorata. 



Scales in seventeen rows; anal bifid; upper labials eight. 



