10. TRorIDoNoTUSs. ; 221 
e. 2 (V. 161; C. 61). Spain. P. B. Webb, Esq. [P.}. 
d. 3 (V. 168; ©, 73). Oporto. Dr. H. Gadow [C.}. 
ef. d (V.177; C.74) Cyprus. Lord Lilford [P.}. 
& yg. (V. 162; C. 64). 
C. Collar well-marked though widely interrupted in the middle ; 
a yellowish streak along euch side of the back. (C. persa, 
Pall., C. bilineatus, Bibr., var. murorum, Bp.) 
a-b. . 2 (V. 173, Bologna. Prof. Bianconi [P. 
73°C. 57, 60). “7 (FI 
e. 2 (V . 175; C. 65). Zara, Dalmatia. Dr. F. Werner fa 
at 4 g (V. 176; Epidaurus. Rev. W. Hennah [P.] 
e-h. 2 (V. 177; C. 64) Smyrna. R. McAndrew . (P.}, 
a. Vwi. 9 Hoe I 
163; C. 74, 56, 56). 
é. Yg. (V. 174; C. 66). Valley of the R. McAndrew, Esq. [P.]. 
Meinder. 
k. 2 (V.170; C. 68). Xanthus. Sir C. Fellows [P. 
l. 9 (V. 171;_C.?). Shores of the J. Miller, Esq. [P. 
Mediterranean. 
D. Black above, checkered black and white inferiorly. (C. scutatus, a 
Pall., var. nigra, Nordm.) ; 
a. 2 (V. 174; C. 70). Epidaurus. Rev. W. Hennah [P.}. 
6. Yg. (V. 173; C.65). _ Enzeli, on the W.T. Blanford, Esq. | E.}. 
Caspian Sea, N. 
Persia. 
E. Uniform black above and below. (7. ater, Eichw.) 
a. 2 (V.161; C. 51). Gotland. Dr. Eisen [P.}. 
b. 2 (V.158; C. 58). — Morea. 
19. Tropidonotus vibakari. 
Tropidonotus vibakari, Bote, Isis, 1826, p. 207; Schleg. Phys. Serp. 
ii. p. 316 (1837), and Faun. Japon., Rept. p. 87, pl. y. (1833) ; 
Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 595 (1854); Giinth. Cat. p. 80 (1858); Jan, 
Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. iii, 1865, p. 216 ; Strauch, Schl. Russ. R. 
p- 174 (1873); Bouleng. Ann. § Ne N. H. (6) v. 1890, p. 139, 
—— martensii, Hilgend. Sitzb, Ges. Naturf. Fr, 1880, p. 115. 
Eye moderate. Rostral broader than deep, scarcely visible from 
above ; internasals as broad as long, trapezoid, shorter than the pra- 
frontals ; frontal once and one third to once and a half as long as 
broad, as long as or a little longer than its distance from the end of the 
snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep, or deeper ; 
one (rarely two) prw- and three (rarely two) postoculars; temporals 
1+1 or 142; seven (rarely eight) upper labials, third and fourth 
(or third, fourth, and fifth) entering the eye ; four (rarely five) 
lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 
shorter than the posterior. Scales more or less strongly keeled, of 
outer row smooth or faintly keeled, in 19 rows. Ventrals 127-151; 
