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(or white) spots ; sides with more or less yellow spots, sometimes 

 tlower-shaped, sometimes exhibiting a tendency to longitudinal 

 bands ; head as in former. 



n. Adult. Cuba. From M. Salle's Collection, 

 o. Adult. St. Lucia. From the Haslar Collection. 

 p. Adult. America. 



q. Adult: rather discoloured. America. Old Collection. — Named 

 by Dr. E. W. Gray, and described by Dr. Shaw as Col. ornatus. 

 r. Half-grown. America. 

 s. Half-grown. America. 

 t, u. Half-grown : bad state. Purchased of Mr. Leadbeater. 



13. Dromicus melanotus. 



Coluber melanotus, Shaw, Zool. p. 534 ; Merr. Tent. p. 132. 

 Coronella melanotus, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 532. ? Coluber bili- 

 neatus, Mus. Paris, and Coronella bilineata, Boie, I. c. p. 525. 

 ? Coluber raninus, Bonnat. Ophiol. p. 51 ; Merr. Tent. p. 106. 



Habit of moderate slenderness. Scales smooth, in seventeen 

 rows ; one loreal, eight upper labials, the fourth and fifth coming 

 into the orbit. Back black with two narrow white longitudinal 

 lines ; belly and sides white ; on the sides of the neck the black 

 colour forming some round spots ; through the eye a black streak. 



a. Adult. Tobago. Presented by W. J. Alfred Ludlam, Esq. 



b. Half-grown. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 



c. Half-grown. Columbia. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 



d. e. Adult. West Indies. Presented by Colonel Reid. 



/. Adult : head injured. West Indies. Presented by Edward 



Cook, Esq. 

 g, h. Adult : not good state. America. Old Collection. 

 i. Adult. America. From Paris as C. ranina. 

 k. Adult. America. Presented by Edward Lapresse, Esq. 

 I. Adult. America. 

 m, n. Adult. America. 



o. Adult. America. Presented by Mrs. Mauger. 

 p. Adult. America. Presented by Edward Cook, Esq., R.A. 

 q. Adult : not good state. America. Presented by Edward 



Laforest, Esq. 

 r. Half-grown. America. 

 s, t. Adult. America. Presented by the College of Surgeons. 



Var. ? Scales in nineteen rows; anterior part of body not 

 spotted, uniform black with two white lines. 



u. Adult. America. From the Collection of the Zoological 

 Society. 



