30 OPHIDIANS. 
No. 11. Col. Cor. canus: 3 sub-varieties ; is found in South 
Africa. 
12. “  coronella: 1 sub-variety ; multimaculata ; 
also found in South Africa. 
The Australian species are: 
No. 13. Col. cor. cornella Australis: 1 sub-variety. 
14. “  mycterizans (Linn). 1 sub-variety ; called 
Passeriki Pam, Pastiletti, by Russell. 
Abdominal scuta 178, subcaudal squame 166— 344. Length 4/ 6’ of 
a large specimen, diameter 3/’.. Head much broader than the neck, ob- 
long, depressed above, rounded on the sides, compressed and contracted 
at the eyes. Rostrum long, straight, sharp-pointed, resembling the beak 
of a bird, with a small, soft, obtuse, reflex process at the extremity. Oc- 
ciput covered with eleven laminz, and suborbicular, imbricate scales; 
teeth slender, reflex, three rows in upper jaw. yes lateral, large, promi- 
nent; nostrils small; trunk slightly triangular; abdomen flattish; spine 
slightly carinated ; scales linear, lanceolate, loosely set on the neck and 
front part of the trunk, but the rest closely imbricate ; tai/ long, slender, 
and covered with exceedingly minute scales at the point. Color: the 
head appears to be covered with green velvet with a streak of yellow on 
each cheek ; the rest of the body is of a yellowish grass green when quiet, 
but when provoked the body swells, and the interstitial white between 
the-scales comes out, while the yellow assumes a changeable hue. From 
the throat to the anus there runs on each side of the body a yellowish-white 
fillet, which assumes a darker shade near the anus, and terminates near 
the tipof the tail. Thescuta and squame are of a light yellowish-green. 
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OBSERVATIONS. 
This variety is very common about Vizagapatam and in 
the Cirears, and is said to abound in the Carnatic. Found 
often in the trees, and the natives say it drops down upon 
passers-by. Its poison produced no noxious effects in chick- 
ens. The C. mycterizans of Linneus is marked, venomous ; 
this is an error pointed out by Dr. Gray. 
