SNAKES. 103 



t 



longitudinal lines ; head with or without a paler streak between 

 the eyes. 



t. Adult. Greece. 



u. Adult male. South Europe. From the Haslar Museum. 



v. Adult. South Europe. 



w. Young. Shores of Mediterranean. Presented by the Rev. 



W. Hennah. 

 x. Adult. Xanthus (Dr. Armstrong). From the Haslar Museum. 

 y. Young : bad state. South Europe. Presented by Sir J. 



Macgrigor. 



In the specimens v, w, x, some scales on the anterior part of 

 the body have black outer edges, forming markings like || ; 

 v, w, have a yellowish cross streak between the eyes, and com- 

 pletely agree one with the other ; they come very probably also 

 from the coast of Asia Minor. Belly in x has small roundish 

 black spots ; tail beneath with a blackish medial band. 



2. Zamenis hippocrepis. 



Coluber hippocrepis, Linn. Mus. Ad. Fried, t. 16. f. 2 (young), 

 and Syst. Nat. p. 388 ; Laur. Syn. p. 77 ; Shaw, Zool. hi. p. 518 ; 

 Merr. Tent. p. 105 ; Bonap. Amph. Eur. p. 46, and Faun. Ital. 

 Schleg. Ess. pi. 6. f. 15, 16. Coluber domesticus, Linn. Syst 

 Nat. p. 389 ; Baud. Rept. vi. p. 242; Shaw, I. c. p. 520; Lacep 

 Quadr. Ovip. Serp. ii. p. 320 ; Latr. Rept. iv. p. 130 ; Daud. I. c 

 p. 249 ; Geoffroy, Descript. Eg. Rept. pi. 4. f. 3. Natrix bahi- 

 ensis, Wagl. Sf Spix, Serp. Bras. 1. 10. f. 2 ; Boie, Isis, 1 827, p. 537 

 Periops hippocrepis, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 189, and Icon. t. 6 

 Dum. 8f Bibr. vii. p. 675. 



Lower edge of orbit surrounded by a series of scale-like shields 

 anal bifid. Scales smooth, in twenty-five or twenty-seven rows 

 Brownish yellow, with three series of large rounded or quadri- 

 lateral dark spots. 



a. Adult. South Europe. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



b. Adult : injured. Spain. Presented by A. Christy, Esq. 



c. Young: head injured. Portugal. Presented by Dr. A. Farre. 



d. Adult : not good state. Gibraltar. Presented by the College 



of Surgeons. 



e. Adult. Tangiers. From Mr. Fraser's Collection. 

 /. Young. Tunis. From Mr. Fraser's Collection. 

 g. Adult. North Africa. 



h. Half-grown. North Africa. 



i. Adult : head injured. South Europe. From the Haslar 



Museum. 

 k. Adult. South Europe. From the Haslar Museum. 



