17. omaxcrpEs. 405 
nillim, millim. 
Total length ...... 365 Width of head .... 8 
Head...... gaa: 18 From snout to vent. 165 
Syria 
a, Ad, Merom. Canon Tristram [C.]. 
b, Her. Mount Hermon. Canon Tristram [C.]. > (Types.) 
ec.” Hgr. Lake of Galilee. Canon Tristram [C.]. 
7. Chalcides mionecton. 
Seps (Gongylus) viridanus (non Gravenh.), Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1871, p. 943. 
ere (Seps) mioneeton, Boettg. Abh. Senck. Ges. ix. 1878, p. 145, 
pl.—. fig. 6. 
ay ee mionecton, Boetig. Abh., Senck, Ges. xiii. 1883, 
p. 122. 
Intermediate between C. ocellatus and C. sphenopsiformis. Snout 
rather conical than wedge-shaped, but with distinctly projecting 
labial edge; eye small; ear-opening not or scarcely larger than the 
nostril, on a line with the mouth. Nostril pierced entirely in 
advance of the suture between the rostral and the first labial; a 
postnasal, in contact with the first labial; supranasals distinct or 
united ; frontal longer than broad ; fifth labial entering the orbit. 
Body much elongate; sides of belly not distinctly angular, although 
somewhat more so than in the preceding species. Scales perfectly 
smooth, 24 (or 26) round the middle of the body. Limbs short, 
tetradactyle; the length of the hind limb equals or a little exceeds 
the distance between the anterior border of the orbit and the fore 
limb; the length of the latter is about three fourths its distance 
from the ear-opening. Tail shorter than head and body. Brown 
above, usually with small yellowish black-edged ocelli; a broad 
yellowish band on each side of the back; a blackish streak from 
nostril to eye; lips spotted with blackish ; lower surfaces white. 
millim, millim, 
Total length ...... 142 Fore limb ....... & 
Head ois o.6 cscw wehee 11 Hind limb...... - 16 
Width of head .... 8 Jil eee 62 
Body aered ts eee es 69 
Morocco. 
a-b, Ad. & hgr. Casablanca. : 
e-d, Ad. N.W. Africa. Zoological Society. 
e. Ad. Orotava, Teneriffe (P). BR. McAndrew, Esq. [C.]. 
8. Chalcides mauritanicus. 
Heteromeles mauritanicus, Gray, Cat. p. 126. 
Heteromeles mauritanicus, Dum. § Bibr.v. p.772; Guichen. Eaplor. 
Sc, Alg., Rept. p. 18, pl. ii. fig. 1; Strauch, Erp, Alg. p. 46. 
