OPHIOPHAGUS. 15 
kill them from a distance, and to inflict a death-wound as near to the 
head as possible. Brown or blackish brown above, uniform or with a 
dorsal series of reddish brown spots; neck with an indistinct arrow- 
shaped mark. Anterior part of the belly with large quadrangular 
blackish-brown spots, posterior part and lower side of the tail more or 
less clouded with brown. Young specimens have indistinct square, dark 
spots on the back, arranged in quincunx, and a bright yellow collar 
broadly edged with black,” 
