112 REPTILES. 



Russell, Ind. Serp. ii. t. 27, 28,/. 1, Scytale Scheuchzeri, Merrem, 

 Tent. 91, on Scheuch. P. S. t. 647, /. 1. Eiyx rufa, Daud. Rept. 

 vii. 263. Ilysia rufa, Lichtenst. Verz. Douh. 104. Fitz. N. Class. 

 54. Cylindrophis resplendens, Wagler^ Syst. 194. Icon. t. 5, /. 4. 

 Anguis rufus, Gmelin, S. N. 1123. A. striatus, Gmelin, S. N. 

 1119. A. corallina, Shaw, Zool. iii. 582, t. 131. 



Tail conical, shorter than the head: black or reddish, often 

 white-ringed ; head and tip of tail black ; a white spot on each 

 frontonasal plate. 



a — c. In spirits. Adult and half grown. Penang. Presented by 

 General Hardwicke. 



Var. 1. Javanica. Black, red rings far apart; head with two 

 red spots. Schlegel, Abbild. t. 33, /. 5, 10. 



d. In spirits. Adult. Borneo. Presented by Sir James Brooke. 



Var. 2. Black ; rings above distant, beneath very close. 



e. In spirits. Young. Batavia ? 



/. In spirits. Black ; sides slightly white banded ; beneath black 

 and white banded ; nose and tip of tail black. Celebes. From 

 the Leyden Museum. 

 Tortrix Celebensis, Mus. Leyden. 



*** Tail conical ; muzzle narrow. 



3. The Miguel. Cylindrophis maculata, Wagler, Syst. 195. 

 Gray, Zool. Misc. 46. Dum. ^ Bib. Erp. Gen. \\. 597. Tortrix 

 maculata, Schlegel, Phys. Serp. ii. 12, t. 1, /. 6, 7. Russell, Ind. 

 Serp. ii. t. 29. Guerin, Iconog. t. 19, f. 1. Scheuch z. P. S. t. 660, 

 /. 3, 656, B. Anguis tesselata, A. decussata, Laur. 72, from Seba, 

 Thes. i. t. 53, /. 7; ii. t. 100, /. 2. A. maculatus, Schneid. Amph. 

 ii. 328. Daud. Rept. vii. 319. A. maculata, Linn. Mus. Adolph. 

 t. 21, /. 3. Syst. Nat. i. 391. Anguis, No. 5, Gronov. Mus. Ichtk. 

 53. Tortrix maculatus, Oppell, Ord. Rept. 56. Le Miguel, Daub. 

 Ilysia maculata, Licht. Doub. 104. Fitz. N. Class. Rept. 54. 



Bed or brown, black netted ; beneath whitish : tail conical, 

 shorter than the head. 



a, b. In spirits. Adult ; rather discoloured. India. Presented by 



Dr. Patrick Russell, 

 e. In spirits. Adult. Ceylon. Presented by Sir Joseph Banks, 



Bart., P.B.S., Sec. 

 d. In spirits. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



