128 BOIDA. 
a. 2 (V. 194; C. 28). Kurrachee. . Kurrachee Mus. [E.]. 
6. Hgr. (V. 210; C. 32). Belgaum. Dr. Leith [P.}. 
e. d (V. 197; C. 29). Malabar. 
d, e. (V.207; C. 33),& Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 
hgr.(V. 196; C. 36). I. 
SF. @ (V. 195; C. 26). Sikkim,9800 feet [??]. Messrs. fo) 
weit | C. |. 
g. 2 (V. 203; C. 27). India. Gen. Hardwicke [P.}. 
h. 9, skel. India. 
5. Eryx elegans. (Prarz V. fig. 1.) 
Cusoria elegans, Gray, Cat. p. 107 (1849). 
Cursoria elegans, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 333 (1864). 
Eryx elegans, Blanf. Zool. E. Pers. p. 402 (1876). 
Agrees in every respect with Z. jaculus, except that the scales are 
larger, in 36 rows in the middle of the body. Seven scales across 
the forehead, from eye to eye, three between the nasals and the eye, 
nine round the eye; ten upper labials. Ventrals 184; subcaudals 
24. Pale olive above, with a dorsal series of large and a lateral 
series of smaller brown, black-edged spots; lower parts whitish, 
spotted with black. 
Total length 400 millim. ; tail 40. 
Afghanistan. 
a.Q (V. 184; C, 24). Afghanistan. East India Company [P.]. 
(Type) 
6. Eryx muelleri. (Pxare V. fig. 2.) 
Eryx jaculus, var., F. Miiller, Verh. nat. Ges. Basel, vi. 1878, 
650. 
ppt ere muelleri, Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) ix, 1892, 
p. 74. 
Rostral large and broad, with angular horizontal edge; upper 
surface of snout and crown with small smooth shields, the largest 
of which is an azygous shield behind and wedged in between the 
internasals, which form a short suture behind the rostral; five 
shields from eye to eye across the forehead; nine or ten scales 
round the eye, which is separated from the labials by a single series 
of scales; nine upper labials. No mental groove. Scales per- 
fectly smooth, in 41 to 45 rows. Ventrals 181-187; anal small, 
entire ; subcaudals 16-19. Tail pointed, ending in a curved, claw- 
like, horny scute. Cream-colour, above with a dorsal series of large 
dark brown blotches, some of which alternate and are confluent 
into a zigzag band; a lateral series of smaller dark brown spots, 
alternating with the dorsals. 
Total length 370 millim.; tail 30. 
Nubia. 
a. g (V.181; C.19). Sennar. Sr. Marno[O.]; Basle Museum [E.]. 
(Type.) 
