64 REPTILES. 
or none ; occipital none: front upper labial shields narrow and high, 
hinder divided: loreal small: one or two small shields under the 
eyes: body elongate, round; tail conical: scales all keeled, very 
minutely and longitudinally striated. ' 
Cerberus, Cuvier, R. A. 1. 81, ed. 2. Homalopsis sp., KuAl. 
Isis, 1827, 521. Wagler, Syst. Amph. 169. Hurria sp., Daud. 
Rept. v. 275, viii. 385, from Hurria, Rup. i. t.40. Python sp., 
Merrem, Tent. Coluber (*** Homalopsis),Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825, 
x. 208. Hydrus sp., Shaw, Zool. iii. Enhydris sp., Lair. Rept. 
* Sides, streak white. 
1. The Karoo Boxapam. Cerberus cinereus, Gray, Zool, 
Mise. 64. Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1838, 54. Coluber cinereus, 
Daud. Rept. Karoo Bokadam, Russell, Ind. Serp. i. t. 17. | Hy- 
drus rhynchops, Schneid. H. Amph. i. 246. | Enhydris rhynchops, 
Latr. Rept. iv. 202. Coluber cerberus, Daud. Rept. vii. 167. Hy- 
drus cinereus, Shaw, Zool. iii. 567. Python rhynchops, Merrem, 
Tent. 90. Homalopsis rhynchops, Bote, Isis, xx. 550. Seba, Thes. 
ii. @. 15, f.3. Elaps Boeformis, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. 30). 
Boa moluroides, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. 279. Coluber Schneiderii, 
Daud. Rept. vii. 170. | Hurria Schneideriana, Daud. Rept. v. 281, 
viii. 385. Python molurus, Merrem, Tent. 99. Homalopsis molu- 
rus, Boie, Isis, xx. 550. Python elapiformis, Merrem, Tent. 89. 
Coluber, No. 40, Russell, Ind. Serp. ii. t.40. Cerberus Russelli, 
Cuvier, MSS. Mus. Paris, fide Schlegel. _Homalopsis Schneideri, 
Schlegel, Phys. Serp. 341, t. 13, f. 6,7. Coluber obtusatus, Retnw. 
Scales ovate, rounded at the end: brown, with rather close, 
narrow, black cross-bands; lips and throat white, black-spotted; . 
sides white ; belly black, yellow-mottled ; tail blackish, sides slightly 
pale-spotted (colour darker when young): sixth labial under the 
eye, hinder one double. 
a—c. In spirits. Young. India. Presented by General Hard- 
wicke. 
d. In spirits. Young. India. Lower series of scales on hinder 
part of the body, before the vent acutely keeled. Presented by 
General Hardwicke. 
e, f. In spirits. Half grown and young. Borneo. From Mr.. 
Lowe’s collection. 
y. In spirits. Half grown. Madras. Presented by Thomas 
Boileau, Esq. 
h. In spirits. Adult. India. Presented by the Royal College of 
Surgeons. 
i, In spirits. Adult. Batavia, 
