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TSOVDM. 



«!. 2 (V. 194; 0. 28). Kurrachee. Kurrachee Mus. [E.]. 



b. Hgr. (V. 210 ; C. 32). Belgaum. Dr. Leith [P.]. 



c. c? (V. 197; C. 29). Malabar. 



d,e. d'(V.207; 0. 33), & Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



hgr. (V. 198; 0.36). [P.]. 



/.? (V. 195; 0.26). Sikkim, 9800 feet [??]. Messrs. v. ScMagint- 



weit [0.]. 



^. ? (V. 203; 0.27). India. Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 



h. 2 ! skel. India. 



5. Eryx elegans. (Plate V. fig. 1.) 



Cusoria elegans, Gray, Cat. p. 107 (1849). 



Cursoria elegans, GuntJi. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 333 (1864). 



Eryx elegans, Blanf. Zool. E. Pers. p. 402 (1876). 



Agrees in every respect with E. jaculus, except that the scales are 

 larger, in 36 rows in the middle of the body. Seven scales across 

 the forehead, from eye to eye, three between the nasals and the eye, 

 nine round the eye ; ten upper labials. Ventrals 184 ; subcaudals 

 24. Pale olive above, with a dorsal series of large and a lateral 

 series of smaller brown, black-edged spots ; lower parts whitish, 

 spotted with black. 



Total length 400 millim. ; tail 40. 



Afghanistan. 



(?.$ (V. 184; 0. 24). Afghanistan. East India Company [P.]. 



(Type. 



6. Eryx muelleri. (Plate V. fig. 2,) 



Eryx jaculus, var., F. MUller, Verh. nat. Oes. Basel, vi. 1878, 



p. 650. 

 Gongylophis muelleri, Bouleng. Ann, 8f Mag. N. H. (6) ix. 1892, 



p. 74. 



Eostral large and broad, with angular horizontal edge ; upper 

 surface of snout and crown with small smooth shields, the largest 

 of which is an azygous shield behind and wedged in between the 

 intemasals, which form a short suture behind the rostral ; five 

 shields from eye to eye across the forehead ; nine or ten scales 

 round the eye, which is separated from the labials by a single series 

 of scales; nine upper labials. No mental groove. Scales per- 

 fectly smooth, in 41 to 45 rows. Ventrals 181-187 ; anal small, 

 entire ; subcaudals 16-19. Tail pointed, ending in a curved, claw- 

 like, horny scute. Cream-colour, above with a dorsal series of large 

 dark brown blotches, some of which alternate and are confluent 

 into a zigzag band ; a lateral series of smaller dark brown spots, 

 alternating with the dorsals. 



Total length 370 miUim. ; tail 30. 



Nubia. 



o. S (V. 181 ; 0. 19). Sennar. Sr. Mamo [C] ; BasleMuseum [E.]. 



(Type.) 



