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REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



two parallel transverse stripes generally consists of five rows oF scales, 

 occasionally of six. 



On the sides and posteriorly these markings are more or less indis 

 tinot, though generally recognizable. The tail nsually exhibits a good 

 deal of black. The under parts are dull yellowish white, or greenish 



white, clouded toward the sides with brown. No regular spots visible. 

 The black on the tail does not constitute complete rings, but is inter- 

 rupted in the middle of the lower surface, and in fact the black patches 

 alternate with each other, and are not opposite. The last patch, how- 

 ever, forms a complete ring wider than the rest, so that the end of the 

 tail is black. This is peculiar to the subspecies G. a. adamanteus. 



