104 Mr. G. A. Boulengev on new 



the upper half of the labials, from below the nostril to the 

 commissure of the mouth, edged above with black ; a blackish 

 cross band, three scales wide, behind the head ; belly white, 

 with minute, irregularly scattered, black dots, disappearing 

 towards the tail, larger and more numerous towards the throat, 

 which is brownish, with white, black-edged markings. 



Total length 41 centim., in which the tail enters for 9. 



A single specimen {B. Baron). 



Coronella microps. (PI. V. fig. 4.) 



Snout short, obtuse ; eye small. Frontal once and a half 

 as long as broad, considerably longer than its distance from 

 the end of the snout ; prefrontals longer than the internasals ; 

 rostral moderate, posterior angle visible from above ; loreal 

 as deep as long ; one prce- and two postoculars ; a single 

 anterior temporal; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 

 entering the orbit ] five lower labials on each side in contact 

 with the chin-shields, which are subequal in length. Scales 

 in 19 longitudinal series, without apical pores. Ventrals V61- 

 143 ; subcaudals 40-47. Pale brown, with six or eight dark 

 brown longitudinal lines, the median pair bordering a band 

 of darker brown than the ground-colour ; upper surface of 

 head with dark brown variegations ; a dark brown streak on 

 each side of the head, passing through the eye, bordered 

 below by a white streak ; upper lip dark brown ; throat 

 brown, with white markings; belly pale brown, each shield 

 with a darker anterior margin. 



Total length 140 millira., in which the tail enters for 28. 



Two young specimens (/?. Baron). 



Dromicus Baroni. (PL V. fig. 5.) 



Frontal once and a half as long as broad, as long as its 

 distance from the end of the snout ; internasals and prsefron- 

 tals subequal in length ; loreal a little deeper than long ; two 

 prai- and two postoculars ; three temporals in contact with 

 the parietal, the two anterior resting on a larger temporal ; 

 eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the orbit ; six 

 lower labials on each side in contact witli the chin-shields, of 

 which the posterior pair is larger than the anterior. Scales 

 in 19 longitudinal series, without apical pores. Ventrals 162 ; 

 subcaudals 72. Blackish brown above, powdered with 

 yellowish ; ventrals, median third yellowish, with a series of 

 large^ more or less confluent, black spots ; rest blackish, with 

 yellowish posterior edge; subcaudals tessellated black and 

 yellow. 



