114 BEPTILES. 



cal ; pupil round, covered with a plate, which is transparent in the 

 centre: scales smooth: subcaudal plates one-rowed: anal spurs 

 very small, sunk in small pits. Viviparous. 



Tortrix, Oppell. Dum. ^ Bib. Erp. Gen. vi. 584. Ilysia, 

 Hemprich. Wagler, Syst. Amph. Gray, Zool. Misc. 1842. Fitz. 

 N. Class. 54. Syst. 24. Anilius, Oken. Torquatrix sp., Haworth. 

 Torquatrix, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825, x. 209. Anguis sp., Linn. 



I. The Coral Snake. Tortrix Scytale, Oppell, Ord. Rept. 56. 

 Schlegel, Phys. Serp. ii. 5, t.l,f. 4, 5. Abbild. 110, t. 33, /. 14. 

 Wagler, Icon. t. 5, /. 2. Dum. ^' Bib. Erp. Gen. vi. 585. Anguis 

 Scytale, Linn. Mus. Ad. Fred. t. 6, /. 2, adult. Laur. Syn. 70. 

 Merian, t. 69 {t. 31, /. 2). Scheuch. P. S. t. 628, B, and t. 678, 

 /. 2. Seba, Thes. ii. t. 73, /. 2, 3, t. 30, /. 2 ; i. t. 84, /.I. A. co- 

 rallina, A. atra, A. caerulea, Laur. 71. A. annulata, Laur. Syn. 69. 

 Merrem, Tent. 82. A. fasciata, Laur. Syn. 70. Daud. Rept. vii. 

 t. 87, /.I. Le Rouleau et Le Rouge, Lacep. Quad. Ovip. ii. t. 19, 

 /. 2. A. rostratus, Weigel, Berl. Gesellsch. iii. 190. Araphisbaena 

 fuliginosa, Knorr. Delic. Phys. ii. 136, t. 60, n. 1. Anguis coralli- 

 nus, Schneid. Amph. ii. 331. Daud. Rept. vii. 298. A. ater, Shaw, 

 Zool. iii. 583, t. 132. Anguis fasciatus, Daud. Rept. vii. 306. Tor- 

 trix corallinus, Oppell, Ord. Rept. 56. Ilysia Scytale, Hemp. 

 Handb. Lichst. Verz. Doub. 104. Fitz. N. Class. Rept. 54. Tor- 

 quatrix, Haworth, Phil. Mag. 372, 1825. Torquatrix Scytale, 

 Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825, x. 209. 



a. In spirits. Adult. Demerara. Presented by R. Latham, Esq. 



Scytale corallina. Leach, MSS. 1816. 



b. In spirits. Adult. Demerara. Presented by Hancock, 



M.D. 



c. In spirits. Nearly adult. Berbice. Presented by Lady Essex. 



d. In spirits. Nearly adult. Demerara. Presented by Lieut. 



Friend, R.N. 



e. In spirits. Adult ; discoloured. Tropical America. Presented 



by the Royal College of Surgeons. 



Var. 1. Black rings closer. 



/. In spirits. Adult ; discoloured. Tropical America. Presented 

 by the Royal College of Surgeons. 

 " Anguis Scytale, Liiin." 



