SNAKES. 29 



Calamaria punctata, Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 39. Ablabes punctatus, 

 Dum. fy Bibr. p. 310. Diadophis punctatus, Baird Sf Girard 

 Catal.-g. 112. 



Scales in fifteen rows ; upper labials eight, fourth and fifth 

 touching the eye. Above black, with a yellowish occipital ring ; 

 beneath yellowish, with three rows of small black spots, the 

 medial one sometimes absent. 



a. Adult. North America. 



b. Half-grown. North America. From Mr. Stevens's Col- 



lection. 



c. Half-grown. Chippeway, Canada. 



d. Young. Delaware. Presented by Henry Doubleday, Esq. 



5. Ablabes occipitalis. 



Scales in fifteen rows ; upper labials seven, third and fourth 

 touching the eye. Above black ; on each side of the neck a 

 yellow streak, not confluent on the occiput ; beneath yellowish, 

 with three rows of small black spots. 



a. Adult. Mexico. 



b. Adult. United States. 



6. Ablabes baliodeirus. 



Coronella baliodeira, Boie; Schleg. Ess. ii. f. 9, 10 j Cantor, 

 Catal. p. 66. Ablabes baliodeirus, Dum. §■ Bibr. p. 313. 



Scales in thirteen rows ; upper labials seven. Above uniform 

 brownish or black, on the anterior part generally with some 

 white spots, disposed in cross bands ; uniform yellowish beneath. 



a. Adult. Java. From the Leyden Museum. 



b. Adult : tail injured. Borneo. Presented by Captain Sir 



Edward Belcher. No white spots. 



7- Ablabes geminatus. 



Coluber geminatus, Oppel, Mus. Paris. Herpetodryas gemi- 

 natus, Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 194. Enicognathus geminatus, Dum. 

 <y Bibr. p. 333, Lycodon catenatus, Gray, Ind. Zool. t. . f. 2. 



Scales in fifteen or seventeen rows; upper labials nine, the 

 fourth, fifth and sixth touching the eye. Brown, with a broad 

 white collar, and two parallel white longitudinal streaks ; bellv 

 white, but the brown coloration of the back extending on the 

 edges of the abdomen. 



a. Adult. Java. From the Leyden Museum. 



b. Adult. Sumatra. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 



