72 REPTILES. 



Bibr. vii. p. 602. Tropidonotus australis. Gray, Zool. Misc. 

 p. 54. 



Scales in fifteen rows; anal bifid; eight upper labials, the 

 fourth and fifth touching the eye ; one anterior, three posterior 

 oculars. (In spirits) above uniform dark brown; belly olive, 

 clouded, especially on the sides. 



a-c. Adult. Port Essington. 



d. Adult. Port Essington. From Mr. Gilbert's Collection. 



e. Adult. N.W. Austraha. Presented by Sir J, Richardson. 



f. Adult : not good state. North-west Australia. 



g. Half-grown. North Australian Expedition. Presented by 



Dr. J. R. Elsey. 

 h. Adult. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 i. Half-grown. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 k. Adult : head injured. Australia. From the Haslar Collection. 



e. Species allied to T. saurita. 

 15, Tropidonotus saurita. 



Ribbon Snake, Catesby, Nat. Hist, of Carol, ii. p. 50. t. 1. 

 Coluber saurita, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. t. i. p. 385 ; Shaw, 

 Gen. Zool. iii. p. 532 ; Fitz. Neve Class. Rept. p. 59 ; Storer, 

 Rept. Massach. p. 229 ; Thompson, Hist, of Verm. p. 115 ; Daud. 

 Rept. vii. pi. 81 ; Bonnat. Ophiol. pi. 73 ; Lacep. Quadr. Ovip. 

 Serp. p. 308; Latr. Rept. iv. p. 178. Natrix saurita, Merr. 

 Tent. p. 122. Coluber proximus, Say, Rocky Mount, i. p. 187. 

 Tropidonotus proximus, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 535. Coluber sau- 

 rita and C. proximus, Harlan, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. v. 

 p. 229; Med. and Phys. Researches, pp. 115 & 116. Tropido- 

 notus saurita, Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 323; Dum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 585. 

 Leptophis sauritus, Holbr. N. Amer. Herpet. iii. pi. 4 ; Dekay, 

 New York Fauna, pi. 2. f. 1. Eutainia saurita, E. faireyi and E. 

 proxima, Baird ^' Girard, Catal. p. 24. 



Body and tail very slender, elongate. Scales in nineteen rows ; 

 anal bifid; upper labials eight; anterior ocular one, posterior 

 three. Above brown, with three yellow longitudinal bands ; 

 abdomen greenish white. 



a, b. Adult and young. Belize. Presented by J. Smith, Esq. 



c. Adult. Honduras. 



d. Seven specimens. Mexico. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 

 e-i. Half-grown. Mexico. 



k. Many specimens. New Orleans. From M. Salle's Collection. 

 /. Adult. Texas. 



m. Adult : tail injured. Texas. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 

 n. Adult. North America. 



