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ber neumayeri, Fitz. N. Class, p, 57. Psammophis lacertinus, 

 Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 526 ; Schleg. Ess. pi. 8. f. 1-3. Coluber 

 aesculapii, Duges, Aim. Sc. Nat. 1827, pi. 46. f. 17, 18, and l. c. 

 1835, pi. 5. B. f. 1-6. Coelopeltis laceitina, Wagl. Syst. Amph. 

 p. 189 ; Eichwald, Faun. Casp. -Caucus, t. 29. f. 1-3 ; Dum. Sf 

 Bibr. vii. p. 1130. Rhabdodon fuscus, Fleischmann, Dahnat. Nov. 

 Serp. Genera, Dissert. Erlangen, 1831, t. 2. Coluber moilensis, 

 Reuss, Mus. Senckenb. 1834, t. 7- Bothriophis distinctus, Eichw. 

 Russ. Caucas. ii. p. 748. Coelopeltis raonspessulana, Ranzani, 

 Act. Nat. Cur. 1836, t. 10 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. pi. 



Greenish brovni, uniform or more or less black- spotted. 



a. Adult : not good state. Egypt. Presented by J. Wilkinson, 



Esq. 



b. Adult. Tripoli. Presented by J. Ritchie, Esq. 

 e. Adult. Tripoli. Presented by J. Ritchie, Esq. 



d. Adult. Tripoli. Presented by J. Ritchie, Esq. 



e. Adult : bad state. Tripoli. Presented by J. Ritchie, Esq. 

 /. Adult. Tunis. From Mr. Eraser's Collection. 



g. Adult. Tunis. From Mr. Eraser's Collection. 



h. Adult. Tunis. From Mr. Eraser's Collection. 



i. Young. Algiers. 



it. Large specimen. Tangiers. From Mr. Eraser's Collection. 



I. Adult : injured. Portugal. Presented by T. Brightwell, Esq. 



m. Large specimen. West Africa. Presented by the Zoological 



Society, 

 re. Adult. West Africa. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



0. Adult : not good state. West Africa. From the Haslar 



Collection. 



3. EuoPHRYS, Giinther. 



Body moderate ; head quadrangular, high, with short, rounded, 

 obtuse muzzle and flat crown ; loreal region grooved, super- 

 ciliary prominent, eye large ; vertical shield moderate ; one 

 loreal, two nasals, one anterior and two posterior oculars. 

 Scales rather elongate, smooth, in nineteen rows. Posterior 

 maxillary tooth longest, grooved ; anterior ones equal in length ; 

 anterior teeth of the lower jaw longer than the hinder ones. 

 China. 



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1. EuOPHRYS MODESTUS. 



Above yellowish olive, scales lighter or darker edged ; beneath 

 uniform whitish. 



a. Adult : female. Canton. From the Haslar Collection. 



b. Adult. ? From the Haslar Collection. 



