3. TIPERA. 487 



a-0. Yp:. (V. 137 ; C. 30) Xenochori, N. Euboia. Senckenberg Mus. 



& head of adult. [E.]. 



y. Hgr. 2 (V. 139; Belos. J. Ince, Esq. [P.l 



0. 26). 

 8. Hgr. $ (V. 138 ; Lebanon. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



C. 24). 

 E-f. Hgr. S (V. 133 ; Mediterranean. J. Miller, Eaq. [P.]. 



C. 85) & $ (V. 137 ; 



C. 26). 

 j]-6. <S (V. 156, 158 ; S. Europe. 



C. 37, 34). 

 I. Skull. Morea. 



7. Vipera raddii. 



Vipera aspis, var. ocellata {non Latr.), Berth, in Wagn. Meise n. 



Kokhis, p. 337 (1850). 

 xanthina {non Gray), Strauch, Syn. Viper, p. 73, pi. i. (1869), 



and Schl. Suss. M. p. 216 (1873). 

 raddei, Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1890, p. 62. 



Snout rounded ; vertical diameter of eye measuring hardly half 

 its distance from the mouth. Rostral somewhat deeper than broad, 

 not extending to the upper surface of the snout ; head covered 

 above with small feebly keeled scales ; supraocular well developed, 

 erectile, the free edge angular, separated from the eye by small 

 scales, the eye being surrounded by a complete circle of 14 to 17 

 scales ; eye separated from the labials by two series of scales ; 

 nostril pierced in a single nasal, which is imperfectly separated 

 from the naso-rostral ; temporal scales keeled ; 9 or 1 upper 

 labials. Scales in 23 rows, strongly keeled. Ventrals 150-180 ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 23-32. Pale brown or greyish above, 

 with a dorsal series of somewhat lighter reddish roundish spots 

 which are dark-edged on the sides ; these spots may be in pairs 

 and alternating ; sides with two series of dark brown spots ; a 

 dark / \-shaped marking on the back of the head and a dark streak 

 behind the eye ; yellowish beneath, powdered with black, each 

 shield with a transverse series of black and white spots. 



Total length 740 millim. ; taU 50. 



Armenia. 



8. Vipera lebetina. 



Coluber lebetinus, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 378 (1766) ; Forsh. Desor. Anim. 



p. 13 (1775). 

 Vipera lebetina, Baud. B,ept. vi. p. 137 (1803) ; Strauch, Erp. Alg. 



p. 71 (1862) ; Jan, Elenco, p. 121 (1863), and Icon. Gen. 46, pi. vi. 



fig. 1 (1874); Boettg. Zeitsch. Ges. Naturw. xlix. ]877, p. 288; 



Bouleng. Faun. Ind., B£pt. p. 421 (^1890), and Trans. Zool. Soc. 



xiii. 1891, p. 148 ; Bedriaga, CR. Congr. Int. Zool. 1892, i. 



p. 239. 

 obtusa, Dmguhsky, Essay Nat. Hist. Buss. Emp. p. 30 (1832) ; 



Blanf. Zool. E. Pers. p. 428 (1876), and Zool. 2nd Yark. Miss., 



Bepi. p. 24 (1878) ; Boettg. Zool. Jahrh. iii. 1888, p. 946. 



