88. CORONELLA. 195 



and fifth entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-slm-lds, which are as long as or longer than the 

 posterior. Scales in 21 (rarely U') rows. Ventrals 170-200 ; anal 

 divided; subcaudals 55-7-. Brown, greyish, or reddish above, will i 

 dark brown or blackish transverse spots or bars ; a pair of elongate 

 blackish spots or a U-shaped mark on the nape ; a black streak 

 from the eye to the angle of the mouth, and a dark band between 

 the eyes, crossing the praefrontals ; a black line below the eye ; 

 lower parts yellowish or red. with quadrangular black spots or with 

 two black longitudinal bands or series of spots. 



Total length 620 millim. ; tail 125. 



South of France, Italy, Pyrenean Peninsula, Morocco, Algeria. 



a. c? (V. 186 ; C. 65). Montpellier. 



b. $> (V. 196; C. 66). Maritime Alps. Count M. G. Peracca 



[P.]. 



c. Ilgr. $ (V. 183; C.61). Genoa. Count M. G. Peracca 



[P.]. 



d. Ypr. (V. 194 : C. 59). Ferrieare,Apennines. Prof. G. B. Howes [P.]. 



e. rf (V. 185; C. 64). Pisa. Prof. Delia Torre [E.". 



f. $ (V. 194; C. 58). Italy. Prof. J. J . Bianconi [P. J. 

 g-h. rf (V. 187 ; C. 65) Serra de Gerez, Dr. Gadow [C.]. 



\ yg. i V. 190 : C. 58). Portugal. 



i. d (V. 180 ; C. 67). Coimbra. Dr. J. L. Vieira IP.]. 



k. $ (V. 191 ; C. 64). Morocco. M. Curty [C.l. He'ron- 



Royer Collection. 

 /. Skull. Montpellier. 



4. Coronella semiornata. 



Coronella semiornata, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 622 ; Giinth. 



Cat., p. 39 (1858) ; Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 116, pi. xvii. 



6g. 2 (1882). 



Zamenis fischeri, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879. p. 777. 

 Coronella inornata, Fischer, Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. i. 1884, p. G, 



pi. i. fig. 2. 

 plumbiceps, Boettg. Zool.Anz. 1893, p. 117. 



Snout not prominent ; rostral much broader than deep, just 

 visible from above ; internasals as long as the proef rentals ; frontal 

 as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than tha 

 parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one praeocular, reaching or nearly 

 reaching the frontal; two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 or 2 + 3 

 (rarely 1 + 2); eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the 

 eye : four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

 shields, which are as long as the posterior. Scales in 21 rows. 

 Ycntrals 176-204 ; anal divided: subcaudals 63-88. Olive-brown 

 above, with black transverse lines on the anterior portion of the 

 body ; these lines indistinct or broken up in the adult ; upper lip 

 and prae- and postoculars yellowish ; vcntrals yellowish, uniform or 

 edged with black. 



Total length 610 millim. ; tail 150. 



East Africa. 



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