18. EETX. 1^7 



g.Hgr.(V. 187; 0.34). Between SMraz and W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



Karman, Persia. [E.]. 



r. ? (V. 165; C. 27). Ai Dara, W. slope of M. 0. Eylandt [C.]. 



Copet Dagh, Trans- 



caspia. 



B. 7 to 9 scales between the eyes, 4 or 5 between the nasals and 

 the eye, 10 to 14 round the eye ; 10 to 14 upper labials. 



s. Hgi-. (V. 185 ; 0. 23). Ashkabad. Dr. Eadde [0.]. 



t. Hgr. (V. 179 ; C. 24). Ashkabad. M. 0. Eylandt [C 



u. 5 (V. 180; 0.27). Ashkabad. Warsaw Mus. fE.] 



?).Yg.(V. 188; 0.21). Pull Hatun, Trans- M. 0. Eylandt [0. 



caspia. 

 w-y- 3 (V. 183 ; 0. 21), Hisk, E. Turkestan. Rev. H. Lansdell 



$ (V. 185 ; 0. 20), & [0.]. 



yg. (V. 172 ; 0. 20). 

 %. 2(V. 179; C. 22). Kraanowodsk. St. Petersburg Mus. 



[E.]. 

 a. 2 (V. 184; 0.19). Turkestan. M. Severzow [0.1. 



0. $ (V. 189; 0.25). Robat-i-turk. Dr. J. AitcHson[C.]. 



Afghan Boundary Oommission. 

 y-8. ? (V. 200 ; 0. 32), Bala-Morghab. Dr. J . Aitchison [0.]. 



& yg. (V. 182 ; 0. 33). Afghan Boundary Commission. 



4. Eryxjohnii. 



Boa johnii, Jtmsell, Ind. 8erp. ii. pi. xvi. & pi. xvii. fig. 1 (1801). 

 anguiformis, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 269 (1801), and 



Denkschr. Ahad. Munch, vii. 1821, p. 119, pi. viii. 

 Clothonia anguiformis, Daud. Mept. vii. p. 285 (1803). 

 Eryx anguiformis, Merr. Tent. p. 85 (1820). 

 Tortrix eryx, var. indicus, Sehleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 17 (1837). 

 Olothonia johnii. Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 45 (1842), and Cat. p. 110 



(1849). 

 Eryx johnii, Dum. S[ Bibr. vi. p. 458 (1844) ; ScMeg. Bijdr. tot de 



Dierk. i. p. 2 (1848) ; Gunth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 834 (1864) ; Jan, 



Icon. Ghi. p. 71, 1. 4, pi. i. fig. 1 (1864) ; Stoliczka, Proc. As. Soc. 



Beng. 1872, p. 84 ; Theob. Cat. Bjupt. Brit. Ind. p. 207 (1876) ; 



Murray, Zool. Sind, p. 885 (1884) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Bept. 



p. 248 (1890). 

 maculatiis, Salloio. Proc. Ac. PMlad. 1849, p. 184. 



Eosfcral large and broad, with angular horizontal edge ; two pairs 

 of small shields behind the rostral ; six to nine scales from eye to 

 eye across the forehead ; ten or eleven scales round the eye, which 

 is separated from the labials by one or two rows of scales ; ten to 

 twelve upper labials. A mental groove. Scales slightly keeled, in 

 54 to 65 rows. Ventrals narrow, 192-210 ; anal smaU ; sub- 

 caudals 25 to 36. Tail very obtuse, rounded at the end. Sandy 

 grey, reddish, or pale brown above, uniform or with more or less 

 distinct brown or blackish transverse bands ; these bands usually 

 distinct on the tail ; belly brown or spotted with blackish ; young 

 often pale coral-red. 



Total length 1000 millim. ; tail 80. 



Plains of North-western, Central, and Southern India. 



