104 REPTILES. 



/. Half-grown. South Europe. Mus. Leach. 

 in. Nearly half-grown. S. Europe. From the Ilaslar Museum. 

 n. Young. South Europe. From the Warwick Museum. One 

 upjjer labial coming into the orbit. 



Nova species'? young individuals of a variety 1 One or two 

 upper labials coming into the orbit. Scales in twenty-three rows, 

 along the middle convex (keeled?). Anal bifid. Ground-colour 

 greenish grey, spotted like the type. 



o. 14" long. Xanthus. Presented by Sir C. Fellows. 

 p. 1 1" long. Xanthus. From the Haslar Collection. 



3. Zamenis cliffordii. 



Couleuvre a. raies paralleles, Geoffroy, Descr. de I'Eg. pi. 8. 

 f. 1, 1 a. Coluber cliffordii, Schleg. Ess. pi. 6. f. 13, 14. Periops 

 (Wagl.) parallelus, Dum. fy Bibr. p. 678. 



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

 anal entire. Scales on the hinder part of body keeled ; shields 

 of head sometimes divided. Brownish yellow, with three series 

 of large subquadrangular dark spots, the lateral ones sometimes 

 margined with two parallel black longitudinal streaks. 



a. Adult. Egypt. Presented by J. Wilkinson, Esq. 



b. Adult : bad state. Egypt. Presented by J. Wilkinson, Esq. 



c, d. Half-grown and young. Egypt. Presented by J. Burton, 



Esq. 



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



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



g. Half-grown. West Africa. 

 h. Young. West Africa. 



4. Zamenis caud^elineatus. 



Habit moderate. Dull yellowish, with five series of brown 

 spots, the three middle ones forming three black streaks on the 

 tail ; spots of the dorsal series largest, forming in younger 

 individuals a zigzag band; spots of the outer rows less conspi- 

 cuous. Head with symmetrical marks. Scales keeled* in twenty- 

 one (twenty-three) rows ; three anterior, two posterior oculars ; 

 oceipitals behind rounded, obtusely forked ; no larger scale behind \ 

 sixth upper labial forming the third part of hinder edge of orbit 

 (see E lap his dione). 



a-c. Adult. Schiraz ; Kurdistan. From Mr. Parreys's Collection. 



d, e. Adult and young. Schiraz; Kurdistan. From Mr. Parreys's 



Collection. 

 /. Adult : injured. (? Egypt ; Burton). 



