32 REPTILES. 
niger, Lacep. Quad. Ovip. 11.56. Col. Hannasch aesuaed ? Forsk. 
Anim. 15. Col. Hannash, Gmelin, S. N.i. 1116. Pelias niger, 
Merrem, Tent. 149. Viper, Penn. B. Z. iii. 17. Coluber zerboa, 
Shaw ? Col. boiquatera, Shaw. Vipera alpina, Vest. V. marasso, 
Cetta. V.lymnea, Bendiscioli. Polygerrus paradoxus, Hemp., 
very young. 
Olive; beneath dark: crown black, pale varied, with a di- 
verging streak on occiput: back with a sinuous or angular-edged 
dark streak; sides pale, black spotted: lips white: temple streak, 
broad, linear, extending down the side of the neck. 
a,b. Inspirits. Adult. Island of Arran. Presented by W. E. - 
Leach, M.D. 
c?,d@. Adult. e. Half grown. f. Young. In spirits. Deven- 
shire. Presented by W. E. Leach, M.D. 
g—t. Young. In spirits. Somerset. Presented by W. E. Leach, 
M.D 
k. Young. In spirits. Dorsetshire. Presented by Rev. T. 
Racket. 
1, Adult. Inspirits. Kent. Presented by Sir J. W. Lubbock, Bart. 
m,n. Adult. In spirits. Europe. Presented by Mrs. W. P. 
Mauger. 
o. Adult. In spirits. Europe. Presented by the Royal College 
of Surgeons. 
p,q. Adult. Stuffed. Europe. 
yr. Adult. In spirits. Europe. 
s. Half grown. In spirits; discoloured. 
Pelias dorsalis, Gray, Zool. Misc. 
b. Head ovate, rounded on the sides, crown entirely shielded. Nos- 
trils lateral, between two plates. Pupil round. Tail end simple : 
subcaudal plates two-rowed. Sepedonina. 
7. SEPEDON. 
Scales keeled, in oblique cross series, of the sides larger and 
broader, of the back rather elongate: one anterior and three pos- 
terior ocular shields: subcaudal shields two-rowed. Allied to Naja, 
but has no solid teeth behind the fangs. 
Sepedon, Cuvier, R. A. ii. 86. Merrem, Tent. 146, 1820. 
Wagler, Syst. 173. Bote, Isis, 1827, 556. | Anat., Duvernoy, Ann. 
Sci. Nat. xxvi. t. 9, f. 3, head. Schlegel, Phys. Serp. 482. 
