. Zoology of Egypt. ceraste, Is. Geoffr. , Descr. de lEgypte, Hist. Nat. i. ? 1827, p. 155, pi. vi. fig. Ceraste ou Vipere cornue, Cuv. Reg. An. ii. nouv. 6d. 1829, p. hasselquistii, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1842, p. 70; Cat. Snakes B. M. 1849, p. 28; Giinther, Cat. Snakes B. M. 1858, p. 268; Tristram, West. Palest., Rept. & Batr. 1884, p. 147 ; Sclater, Snakes Ind. Mus. 1891, p. (Cerastes) cerastes, Riippell, Mus. Senck. iii. 1845, p. 313; Boettger, Kobelts Reiseerin. Alg. u. Tunis, 1885, p. myyptiacus, Dum. & Bibr. vii. 1854, p. 1440, pi. 78 bis, f
. Zoology of Egypt. ceraste, Is. Geoffr. , Descr. de lEgypte, Hist. Nat. i. ? 1827, p. 155, pi. vi. fig. Ceraste ou Vipere cornue, Cuv. Reg. An. ii. nouv. 6d. 1829, p. hasselquistii, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1842, p. 70; Cat. Snakes B. M. 1849, p. 28; Giinther, Cat. Snakes B. M. 1858, p. 268; Tristram, West. Palest., Rept. & Batr. 1884, p. 147 ; Sclater, Snakes Ind. Mus. 1891, p. (Cerastes) cerastes, Riippell, Mus. Senck. iii. 1845, p. 313; Boettger, Kobelts Reiseerin. Alg. u. Tunis, 1885, p. myyptiacus, Dum. & Bibr. vii. 1854, p. 1440, pi. 78 bis, fig. 3; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ak. 1862, p. 278; Westphal-Castel. Cat. Col. Rept. 1869, p. avicennee, Jan, Icon. Gen. livr. 45, Juin 1874, pi. v. fig. 3. 1 In tlie 12th ed. of the Syst. Nat. Linnaeus, in a footnote to p. 375, says of the above-named species:— Vipera cornuta, Hasselq. Act. Up. 1750, p. 27, est ficlilius Coluber astu Arabum, qui unguibus aviculcejiertuserunl caput eidemque H O .2 U | wH < CERASTES CORNUTUS. 331 Males with horns. 1 (J. Assiut. 2 J. Suakin. Surgeon-Captain R. H. Penton, Hornless males. 2 (J. Luxor. 1 S ? Wadi Haifa. Major Henry dAlton $. Ras Gharib. Mr. James Robertson. Females with $ . Desert east of Suez $ . Desert at Gizeh 2 . Desert, Luxor. 3 ?. Plain of Suakin. Colonel Sir C. Holled Smith, , Hornless 5 . Desert, Luxor. Hornless, sex Luxor. 1. WaVli Haifa. Major Henry dAlton Ras Gharib. Mr. James Robertson. Snout broad and short, its length considerably less than the breadth between theeyes superiorly and anteriorly; rostral transversely linear, its height equalling aboutone-third of its breadth, deeply concave from side to side above its lower border; nasalplate small, separated from the rostral and first labial by generally two rows of scales;nostril directed upwards and backwards ; a slightly enlarged scale above the nasal;nasal
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