114 REPTILES. 
cal; pupil round, covered with a plate, which is transparent in the 
centre: scales smooth: subcaudal plates one-rowed: anal spurs 
very small, sunk in small pits. Viviparous. 
Tortrix, Oppell. Dum. §& Bib. Erp. Gen. vi. 584. — IHlysia, 
Hemprich. Wagler, Syst. Amph. Gray, Zool. Mise. 1842. Fitz. 
N. Class. 54. Syst. 24. Anilius, Oken. Torquatrix sp., Haworth. 
Torquatrix, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825, x. 209. Anguis sp., Linn. 
1. The Corat Snake. Tortrix Scytale, Oppell, Ord. Rept. 56. 
Schlegel, Phys. Serp. ii. 5, t. 1, f. 4,5. Abbild. 110, t. 33, f. 14. 
Wagler, Icon. t.5, f.2. Dum. & Bib. Erp. Gen. vi. 585. Anguis 
Scytale, Linn. Mus. Ad. Fred. t. 6, f. 2, adult. Laur. Syn. 70. 
Merian, t. 69 (¢. 31, f. 2). Scheuch. P. S. t. 628, B, and t. 678, 
j-2., Seba, Thes, ti. t..73, f. 2, 5, t. 50, f. 25 1. 0-84, f. 12" AL eee 
rallina, A. atra, A. cerulea, Laur. 71. A. annulata, Laur. Syn. 69. 
Merrem, Tent. 82. A. fasciata, Laur. Syn. 70. Daud. Rept. vii. 
t. 87, f.1. Le Rouleau et Le Rouge, Lacep. Quad. Ovip. ii. t.'19, 
f.2. <A. rostratus, Weigel, Berl. Gesellsch. iii. 190. Amphisbena 
fuliginosa, Knorr. Delic. Phys. ii. 136, t. 60,n.1. Anguis coralli- 
nus, Schneid. Amph. ii. 331. Daud. Rept. vii. 298. A. ater, Shaw, 
Zool. iii. 583, t. 132. Anguis fasciatus, Daud. Rept. vii. 306. Tor- 
trix corallinus, Oppell, Ord. Rept. 56. Llysia Scytale, Hemp. 
Handb. Lichst. Verz. Doub. 104. Fitz. N. Class. Rept. 54. Tor- 
quatrix, Haworth, Phil. Mag. 372, 1825. Torquatrix Scytale, 
Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825, x. 209. 
a. In spirits. Adult. Demerara. Presented by R. Latham, Esq. 
Scytale corallina, Leach, MSS. 1816. 
b. In spirits. Adult. Demerara. Presented by § Hancock, 
M.D 
c. In spirits. Nearly adult. Berbice. Presented by Lady Essex. 
d. In spirits. Nearly adult. Demerara. Presented by Lieut. 
Friend, R.N. 
e. In spirits. Adult; discoloured. Tropical America. Presented 
by the Royal College of Surgeons. 
Var. 1. Black rings closer. 
f. In spirits. Adult; discoloured. Tropical America. Presented 
by the Royal College of Surgeons. 
‘* Anguis Scytale, Linn.” 
