NAJA HAJE. 313 
Naja (Uraus) haje, Riippell, Mus. Senck. iii. 1845, p. 312. 
Naja haje, part., Dum. & Bibr. vii. 1854, p. 1298. 
Naja haje, var. annulifera, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ak. 1854, p. 624 ; Blgr. Trans. Zool. Soc. xiii. 1891, 
p. 152. 
Naja haje, var. A, Giiuther, Cat. Snakes B. M. 1858, p. 226. 
Naja haje, var. viridis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ak. 1873, p. 411, pi. i. fig. 1. 
Naia haie, Cuvier, Beg. An. 1817, ii. p. 82, et nouv. ed. 1829, ii. p. 93 ; Blgr. Trans. Zool. Soc. xiii. 
1891, p. 152; Cat. Snakes B. M. iii. 1896, p. 374 ; Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, (2) xvii. (xxxvii.) 
1896-97, p. 279 ; Francaviglia, Boll. Soc. Rom., Zool. v. 1896, p. 35. 
1 2 ■ Maryut District. 
1. Beltim. 
1 2 . Abbasiyeh. Major-General H. M. L. Rundle, D.S.O., C.M.G. 
2 $ . Fields below Pyramids of Gizeh, close to water. 
1 rf and 1 ?. Fayum. Major R. H. Brown, R.E., C.M.G. 
2 $ ■ Beni Hassan. M. W. Blackden, Esq. 
Id. Tel el Amarna. Professor W. M. Flinders Petrie, D.C.L. 
Neck dilatable ; snout moderately broad ; rostral as broad as high or somewhat more 
so, the portion above more or less triangular, equal to about one-half of the distance, 
or slightly more, between its posterior border and the frontal ; internasals smaller than 
the prefrontals, their mesial suture more than half of the length of the suture between 
the prefrontals, more or less in contact with the posterior nasal, occasionally excluded 
by the prefrontals, forming a transverse suture with the prefrontals and with the 
frontal ; frontal about equal in breadth to the supraocular, as long as the conjoint 
median sutures of the prefrontals and internasals, its anterior breadth equal to four- 
fifths of its length or nearly so ; parietals shorter than the conjoint length of the 
frontal and of the prefrontal sutures, with some enlarged shields behind them ; one 
preocular, not reaching the upper surface of the head, broadly excluded from the 
frontal by the prefrontal and supraocular, not touching the internasal ; two or three 
suboculars, almost invariably excluding the third labial from the orbital margin ; two, 
rarely three, postoculars, the two anterior usually in contact with the fourth, fifth, and 
sixth labials; temporals 1 + 2 or 3; seven upper labials, exceptionally eight, third 
higher and broader than the second and fourth, very rarely entering the eye, sixth 
large, broad, and deep, touching the lower postocular ; anterior chin-shields in contact 
with four lower labials, generally much broader than the posterior pair and somewhat 
larger, the latter separated by 14-2 scales. 21 to 23 scales across the neck; 19 to 21 
across the middle of the body. Ventrals 191-214 ; anal 1 ; subcaudals 53-64. 
Colour variable : (a) uniform brown above, yellowish below, with a blackish collar, 
the breadth of about 10 ventrals, beginning on the 15th ventral, dark brown above, 
black below ; a dusky spot under the eye : (b) pale brown above, with a black head, 
black collar and subocular spot, the body-scales with dark brown margins, giving rise 
to numerous more or less oblique or transverse lines, most distinctly transverse on the 
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