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posterior half of the occipitals, giving off a fine line to the nostril 

 and a black ring round the eye. A buff band across the last half 

 of the occipitals, followed by a broad black collar, which passes 

 down on the sides, but does not meet below. Length of body 

 10" 3'", tail 3" 2'". 

 Hab. Bushire, Persia. 



Compsosoma hodgsoni, Gthr. 

 Katmandoo, Nepaul. (Three specimens.) 



Ptyas mucosus, Linn. 



Katmandoo, Nepaul, and Cashmere. (Eight specimens. ) 



Zamenis persicus, Jan, Iconograph. Gen. des Ophid. 23 e livr. 

 pi. 11. fig. 1. 



Zamenis ladacensis, Anders. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xl. pp. 16, 

 17. 



Since describing L. ladacensis I have received the part of Jan's 

 ' Iconographie ' containing the figure of Z. persicus, with which the 

 former appears to be identical. 



I have before me three specimens from Shiraz agreeing with Z. 

 persicus in all their structural details, and only differing from Jan's 

 figure in the absence of the black band between the eyes. The 

 largest measures, body 30" 3'", tail 10" 7'". 



Zamenis caudolineatus, Gthr. I.e. 



Periops caudolineatus, Gthr., Filippi, Viaggio in Persia, p. 355. 

 Zamenis caudolineatus, Gthr., Jan, Iconograph. Gen. des Ophid. 

 23 e livr. pi. iii. 



I have received three specimens of a snake from Shiraz and 

 Iswhan, Persia, which I identify with this species, which has been 

 figured by Prof. Jan. The largest individual measures 43" 3'", of 

 which the tail forms 10" 8'". There are 21 rows of scales in all the 

 specimens, each scale being terminated by two apical pores. 



Zamenis cliffordii, Schlegel. 



Iswhan, fifteen days' journey north of Shiraz. 



Tropidonotus stolatus, Linn. 

 Katmandoo, Nepaul. 



Tropidonotus natrix, Linn. 



Snout moderately pointed. Rostral twice as broad as high, hexa- 

 gonal. Anterior frontal s tapering, but transversely truncated ante- 

 riorly. Frontals bent well down on the side of the head, larger than 

 the anterior frontals. Vertical moderately broad, with its lateral 

 margin convergent, straight or more or less concave, most so in the 

 young. Occipitals pointed posteriorly and divergent. Loreal qua- 

 drangular ; one preocular, reaching to the upper surface of the head, 



