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sion ; and it is not improbable that the Kel of the Jordan will prove 
to be of the same species as that of the Nile. 
Descriptions of the New Species. 
ZOOTOCA TRISTRAMI. 
Dorsal scales distinctly imbricate, smooth, those along the verte- 
bral line half as large as the loreal shield; ventral shields in nine 
longitudinal and in twenty-eight transverse series. Collar rather 
indistinct, and not continued across the middle of the chest. Gular 
scales between the chin-fold and the collar large ; those between the 
chin-fold and the chin very small. Temple with granular scales ; 
an oblong shield along the outer margin of the occipital. Vertical 
cuneiform, tapering behind. Upper parts brownish red, with irre- 
gular black and white markings, arranged in cross bands on the 
sides, and not continued across the vertebral line. 
Length of body 23 inches. 
Lebanon. 
SEPS MONODACTYLUS. 
Limbs extremely small, not divided into toes: the anterior scarcely 
half as long as the snout; the posterior as long as a scale. The 
middle of the trunk surrounded by twenty scales. Uniform olive- 
green above, whitish below. Otherwise similar to S. tridactylus. 
Galilee, Merom, Mount Hermon. 
RuYNCHOCALAMUS (g. n. Calamaridarum). 
Body rather elongate, cylindrical ; head small, not distinct from 
neck ; tail of moderate length. Rostral shield enlarged, without 
longitudinal keel, far produced backwards between the anterior 
frontals ; two pairs of frontal shields; one nasal. Scales smooth, in 
fifteen rows ; subcaudals in two rows. Maxillary teeth few in num- 
ber, comparatively strong, subequal in size ; the posterior broad at 
the base, with an impression, but without longitudinal groove ; pala- 
tine teeth none. 
RHYNCHOCALAMUS MELANOCEPHALUS. 
Head small, depressed, triangular, the snout being somewhat 
pointed. Eye small, with round pupil. Frontal shields of moderate 
size, the posterior not twice as large as the anterjor ; vertical six- 
sided, with a very obtuse angle in front, and with a pointed one be- 
hind, rather longer than broad ; occipitals not much longer than 
vertical, rounded behind. Nasal oblong; loreal squarish, one ante- 
and one post-ocular. Six upper labials, the third and fourth enter- 
ing the orbit, and the sixth being the largest. Temporals 1 +1. 
There are two pairs of chin-shields; but the posterior are small, 
almost scale-like, only half the size of the anterior, and separated from 
each other by a scale; there are three pairs of lower labials, in con- 
tact with the anterior chin-shields. Scales with a single minute 
apical groove. Ventrals 218; anal bifid; subcaudals 54. Upper 
