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EHIPTOGLOSSA. 

 CHAMJELEONTIDiE. 

 CHAMJaLEON OALCAEIFER, PeterS. 



Chamcsleon calcarifer, AndHrson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 651. 

 4 ? and 9 6. 



OPHIDIA. 



CoLTTBEIDiO. 

 ZAMEIiTIS EH0D0EHACHI8, Jan. 



2 c? and 2 S . 



These four specimens agree with, those from Aden in the low 

 numbers of their ventrals as compared with Egyptian and Indian 

 examples of the species. 



Like the Aden specimens, they also belong to the variety 

 ladaoensis, with no vertebral stripe. They are greyish olive, 

 one uniformly so, while the others have the characteristic dark 

 cross-bands developed, chiefly anteriorly ; and the angles of the 

 ventrals are dusky, with a minute black spot ; a dusky spot 

 below the eye ; underparts white. 



Zamejstis diadema, Schleg. 



1 c? and 1 ? . 



They have both 25 rows of scales round the body, which is a 

 rare number, and the lowest that is found in this snake. I know 

 of only two other instances of its occurrence, viz., in a specimen 



' C. Contact. ^ BC. Broadly in contact. 



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