BIHANG TILL K. SV. VET.-AKAD. HANDL. BAND 24, AFD. IV. N:0 6. 13 
Coluber vittatus. 
Described by LInnN=avus in Mus. Ad. Frid. I, p. 26. 
LINNEUS seems to have had no less than four specimens 
at his disposal in writing the description of this species in 
Mus. Ad. Frid. According to the catalogue of 1802 there was 
then only one specimen to be found in the museum. At pre- 
sent there is no specimen of this form bearing the Drott- 
ningholm label; and, as LINNAUS does not mention anything 
characteristic in his specimens, I cannot decide whether anyone 
of the specimens now in the museum is LINNAEUS'S type. 
Coluber miliaris. 
Described by LINNAUS in Mus. Ad. Frid. I, p. 27, Syst. Nat. Ed. X, 
p. 220, Ed. XII, p. 380. 
Syn. in Bour. Cat. Sn. II, p. 168, Rhadinzea merremii (WiEp.) Bour. 
(For other synonyms see BouL. loc. cit.) 
One specimen from Mus. Drottningh., a true Rhadinea 
Merremat. 
Total length 600 mm. Tail 120 mm. Sq. 17. V. 163. GQ. 59. 
BouLENGER puts a ? to LINNAaus's Coluber miliaris as 
synonymous with Rhadinea Merremii (W1Ep.). I am now 
able to prove that the two species are identical, wherefore 
the name of this snake should be Rhadinwa miliaris (L.). 
joluber rhombeatus. 
Described by Linnaus in Mus. Ad. Frid. I, p. 27, tab. 24, fig. 2, 
Syst. Nat. Ed. X, p. 220, Ed. XII, p. 380. 
Syn. in Bour. Cat. Sn. III, p. 138, Trimerorhinus rhombeatus (L.) 
SMITH. 
(For other synonyms see BouL. loc. cit.) 
There is a jar from Mus. Drottningh., labeled Coluber 
rhombeatus. "This contains two true Trim. rhombeatus (L.) 
and two Pseudaspis cana (L.) Corz. — No doubt exists tbat 
LINNAZvs in his description of Col. rhombeatus meant the 
former, though he, or some one else, afterwards, misled per- 
haps by the resemblance in colour between the two forms, 
regarded the specimens of Pseud. cana as being Col. rhom- 
beatus. 
