214 



Hind limb 



Foot 



Tail 



1. (^ , Baku (type). 2. (^ , Kaisavieh. 3. ^, Angora. 4. $, 

 Angora. 5. 2 , Kaiserieli. 



Habitat. — The continuous range of Ophiops eZeg^aws extends from the 

 Bosphorus and Transcaucasia to Samos and the Southern Sporades, 

 Persia, Mesopotamia, Palestine, and the Sinaitic Peninsula. The 

 species also occurs in three outlying districts, viz. in Greece at Kryoneri, 

 Acarnania, opposite Patras, according to Werner (Wiss. Mitth. Bosn. 

 Herzeg. vi, 1899, p. 832), Dernah in Cyrenaioa,* and the North- 

 Western Punjab (0. mizolejns, Stol.). 



The typical form appears to be confined to Transcaucasia, Armenia, 

 and Central Asia Minor. The types (Petrograd and Paris Museums) 

 are from Baku. 



Var. EHEENBERGII, Wiegmann. 



As already pointed out by Boettger, the specimens from Western 

 Asia Minor and the Southern Sporades differ from the typical form in 

 having larger scales on an average. The same form occurs also in 

 Syria (Amysfes ehrenbergii, Wiegm.), alongside Avith the small-scaled 

 specimens (0. scJihteteri, Boettg.), and on the Euphrates. 



The head is l^to 1^ times as long as broad and may be contained 

 5 times (females) in length to vent. The hind limb reaches the c<.>llar 

 or the ear, or between these two points, in males, the elbow or beyond, 

 as far as between the collar and the ear in females. 



As regards the head-shields, I note the following exceptions to the 

 description given above of the typical form : The frontal may be 2^ 

 times as long as broadf ; 3 or 5 upper labials anterior to the subocular.J 

 The occipital is small or very small, and often separated from the 

 interparietal. The lower border of the subocular measures ^ to ^ the 

 length of the upper, rarely t- 



15 to 20 gular scales in a straight line. 28 to 34 scales and plates 

 round the middle of the body, the posterior dorsal scales sometimes 



* Except for Werner's statement that the scales and plates nvimber 36-38 

 round the liody and tlio fomoral poivs 8 10 in tlie Cyi-enaica specimens, we 

 have no information on which to refer these outposts to any one of the varieties 

 in particular. 



t In a female from Brumana, Lebanon. 



X On the ri<>ht side in a female from Jerusalem ; a female from the Meander 

 Valley has only three upper labials on each side. 



