402 COLUBRID. 
e. do (V. 202; C. 102). Karman, S.E. Persia, ieee Blanford, Esq. 
d. Yg.(V. 200; C. 105). Helmund River. Dr. J. Aitchison [C.}, 
; Afghan Boun 
Commission. 
e-f. 2 (V. 206, 209; C. Between Tirphul and Dr. J. Aitchison [C'). 
86, 106). Kilki, Afghan Boun 
Commission, 
g. 3 (V. 193; C. 98). Candahar. Col. Swinhoe [P.}. 
B. Pale greyish with a bright orange vertebral stripe. 
h. 2 (V. 206; C.109). New Gulran. Dr. J. Aitchison [C.}. 
Afghan Boundary 
Commission. 
19. Zamenis elegantissimus. 
Zamenis elegantissimus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 977, 
pl. Ixii. 
Snout strongly projecting, obtusely pointed. Rostral a little 
broader than deep, deeply hollowed out beneath, the portion visible 
from above nearly one third as long as its distance from the frontal ; 
internasals a little shorter than the prefrontals; frontal much 
wider than the supraocular, once and one fourth as long as broad, 
as long as its distance from the end of the snout, much shorter than 
the parietals ; loreal square or a little longer than deep; two pre- 
oculars, upper in contact with the frontal, with one or two sub- 
oculars below them; two postoculars; temporals 2+ 2 or 243; eight 
upper labials, fifth, or fourth and fifth, entering the eye ; five lower 
labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin- 
shields nearly as long as the anterior, separated from each other by 
two series of scales. Scales smooth, in 19 rows. Ventrals very ob- 
tusely angulate laterally, 197-200 ; anal divided : subcaudals 79-83. — 
Pale olive above, with a bright orange vertebral line, interrupted 
by broad black cross bands, which descend on to the sides of the 
belly and form complete rings round the tail; head with two black 
cross bands, the anterior on the frontal and supraoculars and passing 
through the eyes, the second across the parietals ; belly yellowish. 
Total length 690 millim. ; tail 160. 
Arabia. 
a. Q (V.197; C.°79). Mountains east of El Major Burton [P.}. 
Muwaylah, Midian. ( PP? 
b. 2 (V. ca. 200; C.83). Sinaitic Peninsula. © A. H. Hart, Esq, 
20. Zamenis florulentus. 
? Coluber guttatus (non Linn.), Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 14 (1775). 
? Coluber cahirinus, Gmel. S. N. i, p. 1115 (1788). 
Coluber florulentus, Geoffr. Descr. Egypte, Rept. pp. 146 & 161, 
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