260 . -M I.K; i. i . 



a-d. 6 ( V. 132, 136 ; C. 63, Rio Grande do Sul. Dr. II. v. Ihering [O.J. 



62), $ (V.138; C. 61), & 



hgr. (V. 134; 0.63). 

 . Hgr. rf (V. 128 ; C. 61). Uruguay. 



4. Contia decemlineata. 



Ablabes decemlineatus, Dum. fy Bibr. vii. p. 327 (1854) ; Gunth. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 489. 

 Eirenis collaris, vare. inornata, decemlineata, et quadrilineata, Jan, 



Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 256, and Icon. Gn. 15, pi. iv. 



fig8. 2-4 (1866). 

 - decemlineatus, F. Mull. Verh. not. Ges. Basel, vi. 1878, 



p. 695. 



inornatus, F. Mutt. I. c. 



Ablabes modestus, vars., Boelty. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1879-80, p. 144. 

 Homalosoma modestus, part., Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torino, ix. 1894, 



no. 167, p. 14. 



Rostral as deep as broad or a little broader than deep, just visible 

 from above ; nasal undivided ; suture between the internasals as 

 long as or a little shorter than that between the praefrontals ; frontal 

 narrow, at least twice as long as broad, not broader than the supra- 

 ocular, as long as or a little longer than its distance from the end 

 of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal considerably longer 

 than deep ; one (rarely two) prae- and two postoculars ; temporals 

 1 + 2 or l-}-3; seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the 

 eye ; four, rarely five, lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields as long as or a little shorter than 

 the anterior and in contact with each other. Scales in 17 rows. 

 Ventrals 152-175 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 64-85. Pale brown 

 above, uniform or with black longitudinal lines arranged in pairs ; 

 no dark cross band on the nape ; lower parts uniform white. 



Total length 730 millim. ; tail 160. 



Syria. 



a. <$ (V. 164 ; C. 73). Lebanon. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



b-e. c? (V- 168, 170 ; C. 76, 76), Merom. Canon Tristram [0.1. 



$ (V. 175; C.66), & yg. (V. 



167 ; C. 73). 

 f-h, i, k. c? (V. 166, 167, 168, 168 ; Galilee. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



C. 78, 81, 76, ?) & $ (V. 159 ; 



C. ?). 

 /. Hgr. (V. 162 ; C. 86). Mt. Hermon. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



5. Contia collaris. 



Coluber collaris, Mtnttr. Cat. Rais. p. 67 (1832). 



nigricollis, Dwiyubsky, Nat. Hist. Russ. Emp., Amph, (Russian), 



p. 26 (1832). 



reticulatus (non M6n6tr.\ Krynicky, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, 



p. CO. 



Coronella modesta, Martin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1838, p. 82. 

 Tyria arponauta, Eichw. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1839, p. 306, and Faun. 



Casp.-Cauc. p. 114, pi. xxvi. figs. 1 & 2 (1841). 



