88. COEONELLA. 195 



and fifth entering the eye ; four lo-wer labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or longer than the 

 posterior. Scales in 21 (rarely 19) rows. Ventrals 170-200 ; anal 

 divided ; suboaudals 55-72. Brown, greyish, or reddish abcve, with 

 dark brown or blackish transverse spots or bars ; a pair of elongate 

 blackish spots or a U-shaped mark on the nape ; a black streak 

 from the eye to the angle of the mouth, and a dark band between 

 the eyes, crossing the preefrontals ; a black line below the eye; 

 lower parts yellowish or red, with quadrangular black spots or with 

 two black longitudinal bands or series of spots. 



Total length 620 millim. ; tail 125. 



South of France, Italy, Pyrenean Peninsula, Morocco, Algeria. 



a. c? (V. 186 ; 0. 65). Montpellier. 



b. 2 (V. 196 1 0. 56). Maritime Alps. Count M. G. Peracoa 



[P.]. 



c. Hgr. S (V. 183 ; C. 61). Genoa. Count M. G. Peracca 



[P.]. 



d. Yg. (V. 194 ; C. 59). Ferrieare,Apennines. Prof. G. B. Howes fP.]. 



e. c? (V. 185 ; 0. 64). Pisa. Prof. Delia Torre [E.l. 



f. 2 (V. 194; 0. 68). Italy. Prof. J.J. BianconitP.]. 

 ff-h. cJ (V. 187 ; C. 65) Serra de Gerez, Dr. Gadow [0.1. 



& yg. (V. 190 ; C. 58). Portugal. 

 i. (J (V. 180 ; C. 67). Coimbra. Dr. J. L. Vieira [P.]. 



A. S (V. 191 ; C. 64). Morocco. M. Curty[C.]. Hgron- 



Eoyer Collection. 

 I. Skull. Montpellier. 



4. Coronella seniiomata. 



Coronella semiomata, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p, 622 ; Oiinth. 



Cat. p. 39 (1858) ; Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 116, pi. xvii. 



fig. 2 (1882). 

 Zamenis fischeri, Petei-s, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 777. 

 Coronella inomata, Fischer, Jahrb. Samb. Wiss. Anst. i. 1884, p. 6, 



pi. i. fig. 2. 

 plumbiceps, Boettg. Zool.Anz. 1893, p. 117. 



Snout not prominent ; rostral much broader than deep, just 

 visible from above ; internasals as long as the prsefrontals ; frontal 

 as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 

 parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one prseocular, reaching or nearly 

 reaching the frontal ; two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 or 2 + 3 

 (rarely 1 + 2) ; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the 

 eye : four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

 shields, which are as long as the posterior. Scales in 21 rows. 

 Ventrals 176-204 ; anal divided : suboaudals 63-88. Olive-brown 

 above, with black transverse lines on the anterior portion of the 

 body ; these lines indistinct or broken up in the adult ; upper lip 

 and prae- and postoculars yellowish ; ventrals yellowish, uniform or 

 edged with black. 



Total length 610 millim. ; tail 150. 



East Africa. 



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