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REPTILES. 



above (in spirits whitish) ; a dorsal series of large lozenge- shaped 

 black, in the centre yellow, spots ; on each side a row of irregular 

 black marks ; muzzle with a black cross band, and a broad second 

 between the eyes, extending to the lip ; an arrow-shaped mark 

 behind ; belly checkered with black. Closely alhed to C. con- 

 spicillatus. 



a. Half-grown. Chusan. From Dr. Cantor. 



10, Coluber calicephalus. 



Coronella calicephala, GraVy Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. 1853, 

 p. 390. 



Body and tail moderate, head narrow, muzzle elongate. Scales 

 smooth, in nineteen rows -, eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 

 coming into the orbit ; anal bifid. Above pale brown, with 

 darker, very broad, black-edged cross bands; on each side of 

 the posterior part of back a narrow, interrupted black streak, 

 becoming gradually more conspicuous and broader behind ; 

 crown with a black streak from the centre of vertical along the 

 suture of occipitals ; a second from the back edge of eye to the 

 first cross band; belly uniform whitish. 



a. Adult. Khasya. Presented by Dr. J. Hooker. 



4. Elaphis, Aldrovandi. 



Body and tail generally elongate and compressed; head mo- 

 derate, with rounded muzzle and moderate rostral shield; one 

 loreal, two anterior, and two posterior oculars (in E. sauromates 

 sometimes more). Scales keeled. Teeth equal, smooth. Europe; 

 Asia. 



Elaphis, sp., Compsosoma, sp., Dum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 243, 291. 

 Coluber, sp., Gmel. Syst. Nat. p. 1106; Latr. Rept. iv. p. 52; 

 Daud. Rept. vi. p. 266 ; Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 450, 541 ; Cuv. Regne 

 Anim. ; Pall. Faun. Rosso- As. iii. p. 42; Merr. Tent. -p. 117, 133 ; 

 Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 209, 536 ; Schleg. Ess. p. 125. Tropidonotus, 

 sp., Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 179; Eichw. Fauna Caspio-Caucas. 

 p. 111. Ccelopeltis, sp., Eichw. I. c. p. 120. 



1. Elaphis dione. 



Coluber dione, Pallas, Itin. ii. p. 717, and Voy. ii. p. 20, and 

 Zoogr. iii. p. 39, 40; Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1106; Shaw, Zool. 

 iii. p. 541 ; Merr. Tent. p. 133 ; Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 124 ; Lacep. 

 Quadr. Ovip. Serp. ii. p. 244 ; Latr. Rept. iv. p. 159 ; Daud. 



