175. DRYOPHIS. 



177 



w-y. d (Sc. 19 ; V. 153 

 C.45), 2 (Sc. 19; V. 

 168; C. 43), & hprr, 

 (Sc. 19; V. 169; C. 45) 



g. S (Sc. 19; V. 154; 

 C.48). 



a. 2 (Sc. 19; V. 165; 

 C. 42). 



0. SkuUoffi. 



Tripoli, 



Maryut, Alexandria. 



Between Aboukir 

 and Ramleh, near 

 Alexandria. 



Zoological Society. 



Dr. J. Anderson [P.], 

 Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 



175; DRYOPHIS. 



Dryinus (wore Fabr.), part., Merr. Tent. Sgst. Amph. p. 136 (1820) ; 



Bell, Zool Journ. ii. 1825, p, 324 ; Bum. ^ Bibr. Erp. G&n. vii. 



p. 808 (1854). 

 Dryophis, Dalman, (Efners. of Zool. Arb., Stockholm, 1822 * ; Fitsing. 



N. Class. Rept. p. 29 (1826) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 367 



(1890). 

 Passerita, Gray, Ann. Phil. x. 1825, p. 208 ; Gunth. Cat. Col. 8n. 



p. 160 (1858) ; Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 554 ; Gunth. Sept. 



Brit. Ind. p. 305 (1864). ■ 

 Dryophis, part., Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 520; Schley. Phys. Serp. ii. 



p. 241 (1837) ; Giimth. Cat. p. 156 ; Jan, Eknco sist Ofid. p. 88 



(1863). 

 Psammophis, part., Dum. Sr Bibr. t. c. p. 887. 

 Tropidococcyx, Giinth. Ann. 8f Mag. N. S. (3) vi. 1860, p. 428, and 



Sept. Brit. Ind. -g. 3,01.' 

 Gephyrinus, Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soe. xxiii. 1886, p. 492. 



Maxillary teeth 12 to 15, one or two in the middle much 

 enlarged, fang-like, and followed hy an interspace, after which the 

 teeth are very small ; one or two posterior grooved fangs, situated 

 below the posterior border of the eye ; mandibular teeth increasing 

 in length to the third or fourth, which is very large, fang-like ; the 

 posterior small. Head elongate, distinct from neck, with strong 



Fig. 13. 



Maxillary and mandible of Dryophis mycierisam. 



canthus rostralis and concave lores ; eye rather large, with hori- 

 zontal pupil ; nostril in the posterior part of a single nasal ; frontal 

 narrow, more or less beU-shaped. Body much elongate and com- 

 pressed ; scales smooth, without apical pits, in 15 rows, disposed 

 obliquely, vertebral row slightly enlarged ; ventrals rounded. Tail 

 long ; subcaudals in two rows. 

 South-eastern Asia. 



* I hare not been able to refer to this work. 



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