194 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on 



versely ; its envelope is thin, leathery-brown in spirit. The 

 foetus, which has reached maturity, measures 105 niillim. 



O P H I D i A. 

 *13. Elapomorphus lemniscatus, D. & B. 

 Also a variety, hitherto unrecorded, without the black ver- 

 tebral band. 



14. Liophis Merremii (Wied). 



*15. Liophis cobella (L.). 



*16. Liojjfris almadensis (WagL). 



Liophis ctmirostris, Gthr. 

 Liophis Wagleri, Jan. 



*17. Coronella anomala, Gthr. 

 Coronella pulchella, Jan. 



*18. Coronella Jceg&ri, Gthr. 



*19. Coronella pucilopogon (Cope). 



Rhadiiuea peecilopoffon, Cope. 

 Enieognathus elegans, Jan. 



*20. Coronella obtusa (Cope). 



Hhadineea obtusa, Cope. 



-21. Coronella Iheringii, sp. n. 



Hinder maxillary teeth not grooved. Head small, not di- 

 stinct from neck ; snout short ; rostral moderate ; seven upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; one preocular, two 

 postoculars ; a single anterior temporal ; seven inferior labials, 

 five in contact with chin-shields ; latter, hinder pair longest. 

 Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 172 to 178; anal divided; 

 caudals 47 to 58. Grey-brown above ; a black band on each 

 side of the head, passing through the eye, uniting with a 

 broad transverse black band on the occiput, covering the 

 posterior half of the parietals ; the rest of the upper surface of 

 the head with black variegations or almost entirely black ; a 

 triangular light spot behind the eye and two roundish ones 

 close together behind the angle of the frontal ; the black band 

 across the occiput edged with lighter posteriorly; a blackish 

 longitudinal nuchal line, sometimes continued along the back 

 as a vertebral series of small spots, and a roundish dark spot 

 on each side behind the head ; lower surfaces pale yellow ; 

 two black dots on the side of each ventral, and one on the 



