194 coltjbeiDjB. 



Intermediate between C. austriaca and C. girondim. Snout pro- 

 mineut ; rostral as deep as broad, produced between the internasals, 

 the portion seen from above about half as long as its distance 

 from the frontal: suture between the internasals one third the 

 length of that between the prasfrontals ; frontal a little longer 

 than its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter than 

 the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one prse- and two post- 

 oculars; temporals 2 + 3; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 

 entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields three fourths the length of the 

 anterior. Scales in 21 , rows. Ventrals 190-198 ; anal divided ; 

 suboaudals 52-64. Grey-brown above, with reddish-brown spots 

 and four rather indistinct dark longitudinal bands ; vertebral region 

 light ; a pair of elongate dark brown spots on the nape ; a black 

 streak on each side of the head, from the nostril, through the eye, 

 to the angle of the mouth ; a dark band between the eyes, crossing 

 the praefrontals ; a black line below the eye ; lower parts coral-red, 

 with quadrangular black spots. 



Total length 390 millim. ; tail 72. 



Morocco and Algeria. 



a-b. ? (V. 193; 0. 63) Benider Hills, near M. H. Vaucher [0.]. 



& yg. (V. 190; 0. 64). Tangier. 



3. Coronella girondica. 



Coluber girondicus, Baud. Rept. vi. p. 432 (1803). 



meridionalis, Baud. vii. p. 158 (1803). 



riccioli, Metcua, Mon. 8erp. Rom. p. 40, pi. — . figs. 3 & 4 



(1823) ; Bonap. Icon. Faun. Ital. (18?2). 



Coronella meridionalis, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 639. 



Coluber rubens, Gachet, Actes Son. Linn. Bord. iii. 1829, p. 255.' 



Coronella leevis, part., Sohleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 65 (1837). 



Zamenis riccioli, Bonap. Mem. Ace. Tor. (2) ii. 1839, p. 432. 



Coronella girondica. Bum. ^ Bibr. vii. p. 612 (1854) ; Oiinth. Cat. 

 p. 35 (1858) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 261, and 

 Icon. Gin. 17, pi. iii. figs. 1-3 (1866) ; Boettg. Abh. Senek. Ges. 

 ix. 1873, p. 160 ; Schreib. Rerp. Eur. p. 299 (1875) ; Be Betta, 

 Fann. d'ltai, Rett. Anf. p. 37 (1875) ; Lataste, Herp. Gir. p. 161 

 (1876) ; Bedriaga, Amph. et Rept. de Portug. p. 65 (1889) ; Came- 

 rano, Mon. Ofid. Ital., Col. p. 64 (1891) ; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. 

 xiii. 1891, p. 146 ; Caruccio, Boll. Soc. Rom. i. 1892, p. 55 ; £o- 

 lombaiovic, N. Nadod. Kralj. Balm. p. 12 (1893). 



■ riccioli, Be Betta, Mem. Ace. Verona, xxxv. 1857, p. 191, and 



Atti 1st. Yen. (3) xiii. 1868, p. 921. 



laavis, var. hispanica, Boettg. Ber. Offenb. Ver. Nat. x. 1869, 



p. 65. 



Snout scarcely prominent ; rostral much broader than deep, just 

 visible from above ; suture between the internasals not more than 

 half as long as that between the prsefrontals ; frontal as long as or 

 a little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one prte- and two 

 postoculars ; temporals 2-|-3 or3-f3; eight upper labials, fourth 



