HOMALOPSIDA. 35 
seales orbicular, close, not imbricated on trunk, tail, and belly; thickest 
part of the body ut and near the anus, and tail double the thickness of the 
neck; colo7, head black, trunk and tail black, but on the sides are 58 
yellowish-white conical spots, with points toward the ridge of the back, 
some of which, on the neck and near the tail, join their points together ; 
tip of tail not spotted. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
This specimen was found on the sea-beach in Vizagapatam ; 
but, being put into salt water, with an idea to preserve it, 
at the expiration of a few minutes it died. 
Species No. 4 has a variety found in the East Indies, 
ealled Karoo Bakadam in Ganjam, and described by Russell, 
as follows, viz. : 
Length, 33 to 4 ft.; diam. of neck 33/’, and body 43/’, in*its thickest 
part; tail 8’” long, has an obtuse point. Head slightly broader than 
neck, but small proportionately, slightly convex above, compressed at 
the sides, projecting into a short, subtruncate snout; eyes placed higher 
up than the other varieties, protuberant, and each one forms the centre 
of a remarkable ring, formed by triangular lamine. The snout is 
covered with several small lamine, but the remaining part of the head 
is covered with suborbicular, carinated scales. Three rows of teeth in 
the upper jaw; no fangs; trunk thick, round, covered with large, cari- 
nated, broad, oval, imbricated, scales. Color of the head, back of the 
lamina, almost black, trunk, tail, and snout, a dark gray; throat, belly, 
and under part of the tail, are a dusky yellow. 
Another East India variety is Velar Sawa (H. hyps. aer.); 
it is said to attain a length of 30 feet. 
Herp. tentaculatus, another East India variety, has two 
tentacula-like projections on the snout, which are two or 
three inches in length. 
Herp. nasutus (nobis), Langaha nasuta (Wood), is a Mada- 
gascar variety, said to have a singular long snout, like a 
proboscis. 
No. 9. H. chersydrus granulatus (Wood), is found in Africa. 
