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REPTILES. 



c. Young : not good state. Madras. Presented by J. E. J. 



Boileau, Esq. 



d. Adult : bleached. India. 



e. Adult : bad state. India. 



Var. B. Above uniform brown, belly whitish ; a white collar. 

 /. Young. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



Var. C. Russell, i. pi. 16. 



Coluber aulicus, Linn. Mus. Ad. Fried, i. 1. 12, f. 2, and Syst. 

 Nat. i. p. 381 ; Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 74 ; Lacep. Hist. Nat. Quadr. 

 Ovip. ii. p. 298 ; Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 434 ; Daud. Rept. vi. p. 422 ; 

 Merr. Tent. p. 106. Coluber striatus, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 527. 

 Coluber malignus, Daud. Rept. vii. p. 46 ; Merr. Tent. p. 98. 

 Coluber hebe, Daud. Rept. vi. p. 385 ; Merr. Tent. p. 95. Ly- 

 codon aulicus, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. .981; Wagl. Syst. p. 186; 

 Cantor, Catal. p. 68. Lvcodon hebe, Wagl. Syst. p. 186 ; Schley. 

 Ess. ii. pi. 4. f. 1-3. 



g-i. Adult, half-grown, and young. Ceylon. Presented by 



Captain Gascoigne. 

 k. Adult. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 

 I. Adult. Ceylon. Presented by A. Paul, Esq. 

 m. Adult male. Ceylon. 

 n. Adult. Ceylon. 



o. Adult. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 p. Adult. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 q. Half-grown. Ceylon. Presented by General Hardwicke. 

 r. Half-grown. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection, 

 s. Half-grown. Ceylon. 



t. Adult. Malabar. From M. Parzudaki's Collection. 

 u. Adult. Madras. Presented by J. E. J. Boileau, Esq. 

 V. Adult : discoloured. Madras. Presented bv J. E. J. Boileau, 



Esq. 

 w. Young. Madras. Presented by J. E. J. Boileau, Esq. 

 x. Young. Madras. Presented by Walter Elliott, Esq. 

 y. Young. Madras. Presented by J. C. Jerdon, Esq. 

 z. Adult : not good state. Nepal. Presented bv B. H. Hodgson, 



Esq. 

 a. Half-grown. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 (3,y. Adult and half-grown. Bengal. Presented by W. C. 



Masters, Esq. 

 d. Adult. Bengal. Presented by General Hardwicke. 

 €-6. Adult and half-grown : discoloured. Bengal. Presented 



by General Hardwicke. 

 (. Adult. India. 



