126 BOID®, 
1879-80, p. 166; Bedriaga, Bull, Soc. Nat, Mosc. 1881, p. 181; 
Boettg. in Radde, Faun. Casp.-Geb. y 73 (1886); Bouleng. Bull. 
Soc. Zool. Fr. 1887, p. 532; Boettg. Zool. Jahrb, iii, 1888, p. 938 ; : 
ae Tr. Zool. Soc. xiii. 1891, p. 148, and Proc. Zool. Soe. 1891, “7 
Biv colubrinus, Daud. t. ¢c. p. 261. 
—— turcicus, Daud. t. c. p. 267, pl. Ixxxy. fig. 2; Hichw. Zool. 
Spec. iii. p. 176 (1831), and Faun. Casp.-Caue. p. 99, pl. xvii. 
fis. 1-8 (1841). 
Anguis helluo, Pallas, Zoogr. Ross.-As. iii. p. 54. 
Tortrix miliaris, Merr. Tent. p. 82 (1820). 
jaculus, Merr. 1. c. p. 83. 
—— colubrina, Merr. J. e. 
Boa tatarica, Lichtenst. Verz. Doubl. p. 104 (1823), and Eversm. 
Reise Orenb. n. Buch. p. 146 (1823). 
Eryx familiaris, Zichw. Zool. Spec. p. 176. 
niliaris, Hichw. 1. c. 
Tortrix eryx, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 14, pl. i. figs. 11-18 (1837). 
Eryx jaculus, var. teherana, Jan, J. c. p.72; De Filippi, Viagg. Pers. 
p- 555 (1865). 
Rostral large and broad, with angular horizontal edge; one or 
two pairs of small shields behind the rostral, five to nine scales from 
eye to eye across the forehead ; seven to fourteen scales round the 
eye, which is separated from the labials by one or two rows of. 
scales ; ten to fourteen upper labials. A mental groove. Scales 
smooth, feebly keeled on the posterior part of the body and on the 
tail, in 40 to 50 rows. Ventrals narrow, 165-200; anal small; 
subcaudals 15-34. ‘Tail obtusely conical. Pale greyish, reddish, 
or yellowish brown above, with dark brown or blackish transverse 
blotches or alternating spots; or brown, with paler spots; a dark 
streak from the eye to the angle of the mouth ; belly white, uniform 
or with blackish dots; a more or less distinct dark streak along each 
side of the tail. 
Total length 510 millim.; tail 45. 
Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey (?), 8.W. and Central Asia, 
North Africa. 
A. 5 to 7 scales between the eyes, 2 or 3 between the nasals and 
the eye, 8 to 11 round the eye; 9 to 11 upper labials, 
a. 3 (V. 165; ©. 29). Corfu. Dr. Bengo [P.}. 
b. Her. (V. 183; C.20). Greece. Capt. Ince [P. ]. 
e-f, g-t. d (V. 168; C. Xanthus. Sir C, Fellows [P.). 
; 0. 
26 ; hgr. (V.177, 172, 
170, 172; C. 21, 32, 
94, 22); & yg. (V. 
174, 172; CO. 33, 22). 
k. 2 (V.173; C. 24). Xanthus. Haslar Hospital. 
l. 9 (V.174; C.19). —_ Palestine. Canon Tristram tp A 
m. b (V. 189; C.19). Egypt. Sir J. Wilkinson P. |. 
n, Yg. (V. 188; C. 21). Mehnlia-el-Kobra,Delta. Dr, J. Anderson < 
G. H. Kent, Esq. 2 
. 6 (V.193; C.?)& Near Cairo. -  Dr.J. Anderson [P.}. ’ 
Ae ty igs; C. 18). wl 7 
