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which my collector obtained at Duirat, Tunisia, and another 

 in Mr. Blanford'a collection from Karman, S.E. Persia. As a 

 rule, the upper prseocular is in contact with the frontal, but in 

 both of these specimens it is excluded, except on the right side in 

 the male. They have the usual markings. 



Tabbophis erENTHEBi, Anderson. 



TarlopTiis guentJieri, Anderson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 656, 

 pi. xxxvi. fig. 3. 



2 ?. 



The details of the external characters of these two specimens 

 are given in tlie paper quoted above. 



The specimen on which Eorak&l founded Coluber dhara ^ had 

 a mutilated tail, with only 48 scutes ; but the number of its 

 ventrals, 235, and the description as a whole, suggest the 

 possibility that T. guentheri, Anders., may be the same species. 

 T think it, however, more probable thab G. ohtusus, Eeuss, ia 

 C. dhara, Forskll, as the specimen from near Medina, which is 

 not far off from Yemen, mentioned on p. 62 agrees with typical 

 C. obtusus, Eeuss, from Egypt. TJnfortunately in PorskSl's 

 account there is no mention of the condition of the anal, and 

 no information regarding the labials that entered the orbit. 



CcELOPELTIS MOILENSIS, EeuSS. 



Coelopeltis moilensis, Eeuss, Anderson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, 

 p. 656. 



1 c? and 1 ? . 



1 Desor. Animal. 1775, p. 14. 



■ Broadlj excluded. 



