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not much longer than the head and body, exceedingly compressed 

 throughout, and somewhat serrated above and below. 



# Tiliqua Burtoni, nobis, n. s. Small and young individual, 5| 

 in. long, of which tail 3| in. Very like T. rufescens of India ; 

 but the auditory orifice conspicuously smaller, and a series of broad 

 scales along the upper surface of the tail : occipital group of plates 

 also differently formed. Colour dark, with the two pale streaks 

 upon the head and body strongly contrasting ; and the throat freckled 

 with dusky. 



*Psammophis steilans, (L.) ; G. moniliger, Lacepede. Yar. ? 

 Apparently one of the many varieties of this common African Sand- 

 snake, of a plain pale sandy-brown colour, somewhat more ruddy 

 on the sides, and paler below ; a dark brown streak passing through 

 the eye, but no stripe on the body ; the labials and sides of the 

 abdominal plates obscurely and minutely freckled with buff-colour 

 on a whitish ground. "When the body is bent, the dark skin between 

 the scales shews at the tip of each (on the convex side of the bend), 

 imparting a speckled appearance : 17 rows of scales ; scutas 172 ; 

 scutellse 90 pairs. This Snake, according to Lt. Burton, is " called 

 Mas, <j~*>, in Arabic Hansh, o**^- H» infests the lower hills (this 

 specimen was found upon the plateau), and is much feared by the 

 natives when travelling at night. It is said to be very venomous. 

 There are many other varieties." It is not venomous. 



PISCES. 



*Teteodon diadematus, Eiippell. This is the only fish sent. 

 And of 



ANNULOSA. 



A Scorpion and three species of Coleoptera. 



