402 COLTJBEID^. 



c. (5 (V. 203 ; 0. 102). Karman, S.E. Persia. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[E.]. 



d. Yg. (V. 200 ; C. 105). Helmund Eiver. Dr. J. Aitohison [C.]. 



Afghan Boundary 

 Comrdission. 



e-f. $ rV. 206, 209; C. Between Tirphul and Dr. J. Aitehison[C.]. 

 ■ 86, 106). Kilki. Afghan Boundary 



Commission. 



(J. S (V. 193 ; 0. 98). Candahar. Col. Swinhoe [P.]. 



B. Pale greyish with a bright orange vertebral stripe. 



h. 5 (V. 206; C. 109). New Gukan. Dr. J. Aitchison [C.]. 



Afghan Boundary 

 Commission. 



19. Zamenis elegantissimus. 



Zamenis elegantissimus, Giinth. Proc, Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 977, 

 pi. Ixii. 



Snout strongly projecting, obtusely pointed. Rostral a little 

 broader than deep, deeply hollowed out beneath, the portion visible 

 from above nearly one third as long as its distance from the frontal ; 

 internasals a little shorter than the praefrontala ; frontal much 

 wider than the supraocular, once and one fourth as long as broad, 

 as long as its distance from the end of the snout, much shorter than 

 the parietals ; loreal square or a little longer than deep ; two prae- 

 oculars, upper in contact with the frontal, with one or two sub- 

 oculars below them; two postoculars; temporals 2 + 2 or 2-)- 3 ; eight 

 upper labials, fifth, or fourth and fifth, entering the eye ; five lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin- 

 shields nearly as long as the anterior, separated from each other by 

 two series of scales. Scales smooth, in 19 rows. Ventrals very ob- 

 tusely angulate laterally, 197-200 ; anal divided : subcaudals 79-83. 

 Pale olive above, with a bright orange vertebral line, interrupted 

 by broad black cross bands, which descend on to the sides of the 

 belly and form complete rings round the tail ; head with two black 

 cross bands, the anterior on the frontal and supraoculars and passing 

 through the eyes, the second across the parietals ; belly yellowish. 



Total length 690 millim. ; tail 160. 



Arabia. 



a. 2 (V. 197 ; C. 79). Mountains east of El Major Burton [P.]. 



Muwavlah, Midian. (Tvpe.) 



b. ? (V. ca. 200; C.83). Sinaitic Peninsula. A. H. Hart, Esq. 



[P.]. 



20. Zamenis florulentus. 



? Coluber guttatus {non Linn.), Forsh. Descr. Anim. p. 14 (1775). 



H Coluber cahirinus, Gmel. &'. JV. i. p. 1115 (1788). 



Coluber florulentus, Geoffr. Descr. Egypte, Sept. pp. 146 & 161, 



