328 Mr. Bell on Leptophina — Leptophis, 



the three Oriental species figured in the splendid work of Russell 

 as one ; at least the Botla Passeriki and the Passeriki pam of 

 the latter author are given as synonymes to Dr. nasutus ; but as 

 this last trivial name was previouly assigned to another species by 

 Dr. Shaw, I have given the name of oxyrhyncus to one, and 

 Russellianus to the other species hitherto not named, and re- 

 tained nasutus for that to which this name was originally given. 

 I think it necessary to mention here that the distinctive characters 

 given by Merrem to his two species are perfectly nugatory. 



Genus. Leptophis, 



puRPURASCENS. JL, violaceo-virescens^ aureo nitens / lineCt dorm 

 sali^ atque utrinque laterally pallidis ; capite obtuso. 



Scuta abdominalia, 198 — 201. 

 Scutella subcaudalia, 145— 156. 



Seha Thes, II. t. Ixxxii. fig. 3. 

 ? Scheuchz. Phys. Sacr. t. 630. fig. A. 



Coluber purpurascens, Shaw, Gen, ZooL III. pt. 2. p. 549. 

 Merrem Amph, p. 120. 

 Habitat in India orientali. 

 Mus. Nost. 



Violet changing to green, gilded ; a lateral and dorsal line of a 

 paler hue ; head obtuse. 



Ah^tulla. L. viridi'CeeruleuSy nitidissimusy ahdomine pallido, 

 fascid oculari nigra^ rostro subacuto. 

 Scuta abdominalia, 163, 

 Scutella subcaudalia, 150. 



Seba Thes, II. t. Ixxxii. fig, 1* 



Coluber AhaetuUa, Lin. S. N, p. 387. Mus. Ad, Fr. p. 32. 

 t. 22. Shawy Gen. Zool. II. part 2, p. 550. Merrem Amph. 

 p. 121. 



Habitat in India orientali. 



Bright blue green, iridescent, abdomen pale ; a black line across 

 the eyes ; rostrum subacute. 



