102 REPTILES. 



1. The Pelophile. Pelophilus Madagascariensis, Dum. 8r 

 Bib. Erp. Gen. 524. 



Large black spots round the lower jaw ; a square black spot on 

 the upper lip below the eye ; a black streak from the back of the 

 eye. 



a. Stuffed. Madagascar. From M. Parzudaki's collection. 



h. Inspirits. Head of adult. Rostral scales black ; spot under the 



eye oblong on one, and two smaller ones on the other side. 



New Guinea? Presented by Capt. Sir Edward Belcher, 



K.C.B., R.N. 



13. Eunectes. 



Crown covered with scales, and with shields on the front half: 

 labial shields smooth, without pits ; front one high and naiTow ; the 

 hinder lower, two-rowed: nostrils at the tip of the muzzle, each be- 

 tween three plates, one internasal and two nasals : eyes sub vertical, 

 with small shields above and behind, and a large ocular in front; 

 superciliary plate distinct ; pupil oblong, perpendicular : body fusi- 

 form : scales flat, smooth: subcaudal plates one-rowed. 



Eunectes, Wagler, Syst. 167, 1830. Graij, Zool. Misc. 41, 

 1842. Dum. ^- Bib. Erp. Gen. vi. 527. Boa, Laur. Kept. 88. 

 Boa **, Merrem, Tent. 86. Cenchris sp., Gronov. Mus. Ichth. 70, 

 1754. Boa sp., Linn. 



1. The Anacondo. Eunectes murinus, Wagler, Syst. 167. 

 Gray, Zool. Misc. 41. Dum. ^ Bib. Erp. Gen. vi. 529. Boa mu- 

 rina, Linn. S. N. i. 374 = Seba, ii. t. 23,/. 1, t. 29,/. 1. Scheuch. 

 P. S. t.606,f. 1. Schlegel, Phys. Serp. ii. 380, t. 14,/. 1, 2. 

 Abbild. 55, t. 17, / 8—10. Boa Scytale, Linn. S. N. i. 374. Eu- 

 nectes Scyiale, Eitz. S. R. 24. B. glauca and B. albida, Bodd. N. 

 Act. C CBS. Leap. vii. 17, B. B. Anacondo, Daud. Rept. i. 161, t. 63, 

 f. 2, very young. B. aquatica, Neuwied, Abbild. t. B. gigas, Latr. 

 ^Rept. iii. 136. Cenchris, No. 44, Gronov. Mus. 70. Le Rativore, 

 Lacep. Q. O. ii. 383. Serpent Aboma, Stedm. Voy. i. 225, t. 14. 

 Boa Aboma, Daud. Rept. v. 132, t. 62, /. 2. Amore, 3farg. H. 

 Braz. 242. 



Brown, with two series of large black rounded spots, and with 

 a series of yellow-eyed black rings on each side. 



a, b. Young, from eggs, 2 feet long. 



c. In spirits. Young. Brazil. 



d. In spirits. Half grown. Brazil. 



