a oY 
MM a See ee, Uc oe 
“ t 2 
18. eRYx. 125 
2. Eryx thebaicus. 
G Deser. Rept. p. 142, pl. vi. fig. 1 (1809 
he Egypte nee BIS tune Ap ). 
Pp ; Dum. § Bibr. 
e468 ); "Schleg. Bijdr. tot de Dirk 1848) ; 
Gray Cat. p- 108 (1840) Jan, Icon. Gén. p. 73, 1. 4, 
Oat aw, Zool. Mise. p. 45 (1842), 
? Eryx jaculus, var. sennaariensis, Jan, /. ¢. pl. ii, fig. 2. 
Gangyophis ti thebaicus, Bouleng. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (6) i ix. 1892, 
Rostral large and broad, with angular horizontal edge; only the 
nasals and internasals enlarged, the head covered with very small 
smooth scales; 11 to 13 scales from eye to eye across the forehead ; 
12 to 15 scales round the eye, which is separated from the labials 
by two or three rows of scales; 12 to 14 upper labials. Mental 
groove usually absent (present in spec. f). Scales smooth or more 
or less distinctly keeled anteriorly, the keels strong on the posterior 
part of the body and on the tail, in 47 to 53 rows. Ventrals 171- 
197; anal entire; sabcaudals 19-28. Tail pointed. Yellowish or 
greyish above, with large, irregular, dark brown or blackish spots 
separated by narrow interspaces ; lower parts uniform white. 
Total length 620 millim. ; tail 50. 
Upper Egypt and East Africa. 
a. 2 (V. 187; 0. 25). Egypt. Sir J. Wilkinson [P.]. (Type 
of E. scutata.) 
wa 2 (V.185; C. 22) Luxor. Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 
g. (V. 179, 182, 
17 °C. 95, 23; 23). 
f. 2 (V. 188; 0.21), Tel-cl-Amarnah, Dr. J. Anderson & Prof. W. 
U r Egypt. M. Flinders Petrie 
© ( V. 192; ©. 25) Guakin, Dr. Bimbashi Pesta he 
a 3g 188, 187 ; Dr. J. Anderson [P.}. 
i Har (V. 189, C. 23). Taita, E. Africa. Mr. Wray [C.}. 
3. Eryx jaculus. 
Geafioy Deser. Egypte, Rept. p. 142, pl vi. fig. 2 (1800). 
oe. sot Aa. Frid ii. 5 ECs saw 
p. 391 (1766) 
iii. p. "pt (i811). 
Bie rie Ob, Voy. aa Othom., Atlas, i. p. vi, pl. xvi. fig. 2 
(1801 ) 
Eryx cerastes, Daud. t. vii. p. 254 (1803 
). 
—— jaculus, Daud. t. c. p. 257; Bibr. § Bory de St. honb, ike 
Se. Morée, Zool., Rept. p 73 (1883) ; Reuss, Mus. Senckend. i,1 
get Dum. § Bibr, as pos chia Schleg. Bijdr. on fone 
Cat. Le he Linea ke hl 
Gl Ne iew, Taos Gn pots ore” Bus ot 
Al. Russ. R. p. ‘29 (18 3 ja 
Blanf. Zool. E. Pers. p. 401 (1876) ; Onade: Be. kes 
