298 ANGUID,E. 



Strauch, J^rj). A///, p. 46 ; Lei/dig, Deutsclil. Saur. p. 242 ; Fufio, 



J'ert. Suisse, iii. p. 103 ; Ue Betta, Faun. Ital., Rett. Anf. p. 33 ; 



Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 341 ; Lataste, Herp. Gir. p. 99. 

 Angiiis eryx, Linn. I. c. ; Daud. I. c. p. 337. 



liueata, Law. I. c. p. 6P> ; Kryiiicki, I. c. p. 54, 



clivica, Law. I. c. p. 69. 



Eryx clivicus, Daud. I. c. p. 281. 



Auguis ciuereus, Risso, Hist. Kat. Eur. Mer. iii. p. 89. 



bicolor, Risso, I. c. 



Siguana ottouis, Grai/, Griff'. A. A', ix. Si/n. p. 74. 



Anguis besseri, AndrzeJ. Nouv. Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. ii. 1832, p. 338, 



pis. xxii. fig. 7, and xxiv. 



iucerta, Krynicld, I. c. p. 52, pi. i. 



DorHa punctata, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 1839, p. 334. 



Otopbis eryx, var. colcbica, Dcmid. Voy. Russ. 3Ier. iii. p. 341, pi. v. 



Anguis orientalis, Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 376 ; Blanf. Zool. 



E. Persia, p. 394. 



Frontal large, its anterior angle wedged in between a pair of 

 prsefrontals ; an azygos prtefrontal in front of the latter, separated 

 from the nasal by two small shields ; one or two small azygos 

 shields behind the very small rostral ; nasal very small, separated 

 from the latter by one shield ; labials and loreals small, numerous ; 

 interparietal as long as and broader than the parietals and in contact 

 with a small occipital ; a small frontoparietal between the supra- 

 oculars and the interparietal, and a larger shield between the supra- 

 oculars and the parietal ; supraoculars five or six. Ear-opening 

 minute, usually hidden. Scales smooth, median dorsal and ventrals 

 broad, hexagonal ; twenty-four to twenty-eight scales round the 

 middle of the body. Tail at least as long as the body. Young- 

 silvery above, with a black vertebral line ; sides and lower surfaces 

 blackish. In the adult these markings often disappear, or may be 

 replaced by series of dark dots, and the colour of the upper surfaces 

 becomes brown or bronzy. A variety (colchica), in which the ear- 

 opeuing appears to be normally distinct, is distinguished by having 

 scattered pale blue spots on the back. 



From snout to vent 195 millim ; tail 230. 



Europe, Western Asia, Algeria. 



a, b-d. Ad. & hgr. Sweden. C. J. A. Thuden, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Ad. Bohuslan. Dr. A. W. Malm [P.]. 



f-l. Ad., hgr. & yg. Aberdeen, Dr, Brine [P.]. 



m. Yg. Ringwood. F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



71-0. Ad. DUsseldorf. W. F. Kirby, Esq. [P.]. 



p. Ad. Jura. H. Ling Roth, Esq. [P.]. 



q. Ad. France. 



r. Ad. Santiago, Galicia. M. V. L. Seoane [P.]. 



s, t-u. Ad., hgr. & yg. Oporto. E. AUeu, Esq. [P.]. 



v-iv, x-y. Ad. & yg. Italy. J. J. Biancoui [P.]. 



s. Ad. " "-? 



a. Skeleton. ? 



