34 reptiles. 



2. Tachymenis chilensis. 



Coronella Chilensis, Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 70 ; Guichenot, Faun. 

 Chil. Rept. pi. 4. f. 1. Ophis peruana, (Fitz.) Tsckudi, Faun. 

 Per. Rept. p. 58 ; Wiegm. Archiv, 1845, p. 165. Dipsas chilensis, 

 Dum. ey Bibr. vii. p. 1159. 



Upper labials seven, the third and fourth touching the eye ; two 

 anterior oculars ; above brown, with four longitudinal blackish- 

 brown bands, reaching the end of tail ; the dorsal pair confluent 

 on the crown and forming there an acute angle, the two laterals 

 doing so on the forehead ; the angles sometimes not sharp, ob- 

 solete ; the bands with distinct black spots ; beneath with three 

 series of black spots, sometimes confluent and covering the whole 

 abdomen ; a black streak from the eye to the angle of mouth. 



«. Adult. Chili. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



b. Adult. Chili. From Mr. Bridges' Collection. 



c. Adult : bad state. Chili. 

 (/. Adult. Colchagua. 



e. Adult. Tichitata. Presented by J. B. Pentland, Esq. 



/. Adult. Chili. 



(/.Adult. [Chili?] From M. Parzudaki's Collection. 



6. Coronella, Laurenti. 



Body and tail moderate, rounded ; head moderate, with rather 

 short rounded muzzle, flat above, more or less distinct from 

 neck ; rostral moderate ; two nasals, nostril between (in one spe- 

 cies united) ; one loreal (in one species united with the frontal) ; 

 one anterior, two (in two species three) posterior oculars. Scales 

 smooth, rather short, rhomboid, in fifteen to twenty-nine rows. 

 Posterior maxillary teeth longest, either grooved or smooth, in a 

 continuous row with the anterior ones. Almost every part of the 

 globe. 



Coronella, Laurenti, Syn. Rept. p. 84 ; Holbr. N. Amer. Her- 

 petol. ; Dum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 60/. Lycognathus, sp., Dipsas, sp., 

 Dum. <$• Bibr. pp. 926, 1 1 62. Amplorhinus, Smith, III. of S. Afr. 

 Coronella, sp., Boie. Tsis, 182/, p. 639; Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 50. 

 Herpetodryas, sp., Schleg. I. c. p. 198. Zacholus, ll'agl. Nat. 

 Syst. Rept. p. 190. Coluber, sp., auct. prior. 



1. Coronella austriaca. 



Coronella austriaca, Laurenti, Synops. pi, 5. f. 1. Coluber 

 auBtriacus, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 515; Sturm, Deutsche Fauna, 

 t. A. B. ; Lenz. Schlaiigenkiiiide, p. 505. 1. 1 . f. 10; Bonap. Faun. 

 1 1 id. pi. . Coluber laevis, Lace'p. Quadr. Ovip. Serp. ii. p. 158 ; 



