7. ECHIS. 



507 



p-tT. 2 (Sc. 35, 31; V. 



192,174; 0.30,32). 

 T-v. ? (Sc. 31 ; V. 168 ; 



C. 31)&ligr. (Sc. 33; 



V.163; 0.31). 

 A. Hgr. (Sc.31; Y.173; 



0. 28). 

 X--4r. 2 (Sc. 35, 35 ; V. 



184,183; 0.31,31). 

 0). 2 (Sc. 33; V. 179; 



C. 34). 

 a'-c'. Hgr. (Sc. 31, 31; 



V. 153, 155; 0. 28, 



31) & yg. (Sc. 33 ; V. 



163; 0.28). 

 d'y-2(Sc.31;V.171; 



C. 31) & jg. (Sc. 27, 



27, 27; V. 137, 132, 



139; 0.25,25,26). 

 h'-i'. $ (Sc. 27, 29 ; V. 



158,149; 0.26,23). 

 k'. tJ (Sc.29; V. 141; 



0. 28). 

 I'-m'. S (Sc. 27; V. 133; 



0. 28) & 2 (Sc. 29; 



V. 143; C. 23). 

 «'. SkuU. 



W. ofBampur,Ba- W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



luchistan. [E.]. 



Kurrachee. Dr. Leith [P.]. 



2. Echis coloratus. (Plaib XXV. fig. 1.) 



Echis arenicola {non Boie), Ounth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 489. 



colorata, Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 978, and 1881, p. 463 ; 



Peracca, BoU. Mus. Torin. \x. 1894, no. 167, p. 16. 



Scales on the snout and vertex convex, smooth or obtusely 

 keeled, 13 to 15 across from eye. to eye ; no supraocular shield ; 

 17 to 22 scales round the eye ; three or four series of scales between 

 the eye and the labials ; nostril in a single or divided nasal, which 

 is separated from the rostral by a series of scales ; 12 to 15 upper 

 labials. Scales in 31-35 rows. Ventrals 174-205 ; anal entire ; 

 subcaudals 42-52. No cruciform light marking on the head. 



Total length 750 millim. ; tail 80. 



Palestine, Arabia, Socotra. 



0-6. $ (Sc. 35, 35; V. Dead Sea. 



192,187; 0.46,44). 

 c. S (Sc. 35; V. 205; 



0. 45). 

 d-e. Hgr. ? (Sc. 35, 31 ; 



V. 190, 186; 0.51, 50). 

 f-g. 6 (Sc. 35 ; V. 179 ; 



0. 52) & yg. (Sc. 35 ; 



V. 174; 0.49). 

 A. S (Sc. 35; V. 185; Socotra. 



0.44). 



Oanon Tristram [0.]. 



Jebel Sharr, Midian, Major Burton [P.]. 

 (Type.) 

 Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 



4500 feet. 

 Hadramaut. 



Muscat. 



A. S. G. Jayakar, Esq, 



[P.]. 



Prof. I. B. Balfour [0.], 



