48 COLTTBEIDiE. 



II. Loreal separated from the eye by the prseooular. 



A. Scales in 19 rows ; anal divided. / 



Two labials entering the eye 5. variegatus, p. 51. 



Three labials entering the eye 6. semiannulatus, p. 51 



B. Scales in 19 or 21 rows ; anal entire. 



7. guenihen, p. 52. 



C. Scales in 21 or 23 rows ; anal divided. 



8. ohtums, p. 52. 



1. Tarhophis savignyi. 



Savigny, Desor. Egypte, RepL, Suppl. pi. iv. fig. 2 (1829). 

 Tachymenis vivax [non Fitz.), Oilnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 489. 

 Tarbophis vivax, Boettff. Ber. Sench. Ges. 1878-79, p. 67, and 1879-80^ 



p. 33 ; Peracca, Soil. Mus. Tor. ix. 1894, no. 167, p. 15. 

 vivax, f. syriaca, part., Boettg. Ber. Senck. Oes. 1879-80,. 



p. 166. 



Very closely allied to T. fallax, but snout shorter and broader ; 

 internasals broader than long ; frontal not more than once and one 

 third as long as broad ; nasal entire or semidivided ; loreal once 

 and a half to twice and a half as long as deep, usually entering" 

 the eye; posterior chin-shields narrowly separated from each other 

 ip. front. Scales in 19 rows. Ventrala 174-190; anal divided} 

 subcaudals 45-57. Yellowish above, with a dorsal series of 23 to 

 28 dark brown or black spots on the body, these spots sometimes- 

 confluent with a lateral series of spots or vertical bars which usuaUy 

 alternate with the dorsal series ; the first blotch largest, covering 

 the nape and descending to the sides of the neck, which it may 

 entirely encircle ; head greyish above, dotted vnth black and with a, . 

 few small black spots ; labials dark-edged ; belly black, or much 

 spotted or marbled with dark brown or black. 



Total length 465 millim. ; tail 65. 



Southern Syria, Lower Egypt. 



a. $ (V. 174; 0.51). .Jerusalem. Can'on Tristram [C.]. 



b-c. d (V. 187 ; 0. P) & Mt. Tabor. Canon Tristram [0.], 



yg. (V. 178; C.55). 



of. Yg. (V. 190; 0.53). Lebanon. Canon Tristram [0.], 



2. TarbopMs fallax. 



Coluber vivax, Fitzing. N. Class. Bept. p. 57 (1826). — Nomen 



nudum. 

 Tarbophis fallax, Fleischm. Dalm. nov. Serp. Gen. p. 18, pi. i. (1831). 

 Dipsas fallax, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 295, pi. xi. figs. 35 & 36 (1837). 

 Ailuropliis vivax, Bonap. Icon. Faun. Ital., Anf. (1837). 

 Tarbophis vivax, Dum.. Sf Bihr. vii. p. 913 (1854) ; Schreib. Herp. Eur. 



p. 213, fig. (1875) ; Boettg. Zeitschr. Ges. Naturw. xlix. 1877, 



p. 287 ; Bedriaga, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1881, p. 313 ; Bnettg. Sitzh. 



Ak. Berl. 1888, p. 178 ; Tomasini, Wiss. Mitth. aus Bosn. u. Herzeg, 



ii. p. 637 (1894). 



