114 



Dastpeltis scabka, Linn. 



G-asco, Viaggio in Egitto, (pt. ii.) 1876, p. 119. 



The late Prof. G-asco was the first to record the occurrence 

 of the Egg-eating Snake in Middle Egypt, where he obtained 

 8 specimens. Count Peracca has been so good as to ascertain 

 from Prof. Costa that two specimens brought back from Egypt 

 by Prof. P. Panceri, the companion of Gasco, one a skeleton and 

 the other in alcohol, are preserved in the Naples Museum. 



Tarbophis sati&nti, Blgr. 



Cat. Snakes B. M. iii. 1896, p. 48.' 



Couleuvre, Descr. de l'f!gypte, Suppl. Rept. pi. iv. figs. 2. i to 



2.8. 



The remarks I have made regarding Z. ddhlii, Pitz., apply 

 equally to this species. 



ViPEEIDJB. 

 VlPEKA AMM0DTTE3, Linn. 



Linn. Amoen. Acad. i. 1749, p. 506, tab. xvii. fig. 11. 



Libya. 



This species was recorded by Liimseus from Libya, on the 

 authority of Jonston (Hist. Quadr. et Serp., Lib. ii. 1657, p. 11, 

 tab. i. fig. ammodites), who quoted Solinus as the source of his 

 information. 



ViPEEA LEBETINA, Linn. 



Strauch, Mem. Acad. St. P^tersb. (vii.) xiv. no. 6, 1869, p. 84. 

 Egypt, Berlin Museum. 



BATEACHIA. 



ECAUDATA. 



Htla aebobea, Linu. 



Syla savignyi, Audouin, Descr. de I'ifigypte, p. 183, Suppl. 

 Eept. pi. ii. figs. 13. i & 13. 2. 



I have made a most careful search for this species in Lower 

 Egypt, but have never succeded in finding it. It is an analogous 

 case to Z. dahlii and T. savignyi. 



* I am enabled to make this identification as Mr. Eoulenger has favoured 

 me with a sight of the proofs of the third volume of his ' Catalogue of Snakes.' 



