10. IBOl'lDOSOTUS. 221 



c. 5 (V. 161 ; C. 61). Spain. P. B. Webb, Esq. [P.]. 



d. S (V. 168 ; 0. 73). Oporto. Dr. H. Gadow [O.j. 

 e-f. cJ (V. 177 ; C. 74) Cyprus. Lord Lilford [P.]. 



& yg. (V. 162 ; C. 64). 



C. Collar well-marked tlioup;h widely interrupted in the middle ; 



a yeUowish streak along- each side of the back. (C persa. 

 Pall., C. hilineatus, Bibr., var. murorum, Bp.) 



a-b. Hgr. 5 (V. 173, Bolog-na. Pruf. Bianconi fP.]. 



172; 0.57,60). 



e. 2 (V. 175; C. 65). Zara, Dalmatia. Dr. F. Werner [E.J. 



d. Hgr. c? (.v. 176 ; Epidaurus. Eev. W. Hennah [P.]. 



0. 79). 

 e-h. 5 (V. 177 ; 0. 64) Smyrna. K. McAndrew, Esq. [P.]. 



& yg. (V. 174, 164, 



163; 0.74,66,56). 

 I. Yg. (V. 174; C. 66). Valley of the E. McAndrew, Esq. [P.]. 



Meinder. 

 /i. 2 (V. 170; 0. 63). Xanthus. Sir 0. Fellows [P.l. 



I. 5 (V. 171 ; 0. ?). Shores of the J. Miller, Esq. [P.]. 



Mediterranean. 



D. Black above, checkered black and white inferiorly. (C. scuiatus, 



Pall., var. nigra, Nordm.) 



a. 2 (V. 174 ; 0. 70). Epidaurus. Kev. W. Hennah [P.]. 



6. Yg. (V. 173 ; 0. 65). Enzeli, on the W.T.Blanford, Esq. [B.]. 



OaspianSea,N. 



Persia. 



E. Uniform black above and below. {T. aier, Eichw.) 



a. 2 (V. 161 ; 0. 51). Gotland. Dr. Eisen [P.]. 



b. 2 (V. 158 ; 0. 53). Morea. 



19. Tropidonotus vibakari. 



Tropidonotus vibakari, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 207 ; Schleg. Fhys. Serp. 



ii. p. 316 (1837), and Faun. Japan., Rept. p. 87, pi. v. (1838) ; 



Bum. 8f Bibr. vii. p. 595 (1854) ; Giinth. Cat. p. 80 (1858) ; Jan, 



Arch. Zool. Anat. Fhys. iii. 1865, p. 216 ; Strauch, Sohl. Huss. It. 



p. 174 (1873) ; Bouleng. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (6) v. 1890, p. 139. 

 martensii, Hilgend. Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. 1880, p. 115. 



Eye moderate. Kostral broader than deep, scarcely visible from 

 above ; internasals as broad as long, trapezoid, shorter than the prae- 

 frontals ; frontal once and one third to once and a half as long as 

 broad, as long as or a little longer than its distance from the end of the 

 snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep, or deeper ; 

 one (rarely two) pra- and three (rarely two) postoculars; temporals 

 1 + 1 or 1 + 2 ; seven (rarely eight) upper labials, third and fourth 

 (or third, fourth, and fifth) entering the eye ; four (rarely five) 

 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 

 shorter than the posterior. Scales more or less strongly keeled, of 

 outer row smooth or faintly keeled, in 19 rows. Ventrals 127-151 ; 



