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CLOTHO. 



Coluber Clotho. C. griseo-luteus, fasciis numerosis vndulatis 

 transvcrsis ju'gris, subtits cinertus nigro variatus. 



Greyish-orange Snake, with numerous transverse undulated 

 black bands, beneath ash-coloured, with black variegations, 



Vipcra Bitin Ceilonica elegantissima. Seb. 2. t. 93. 



THIS appears from Seba's description and figure 

 to be a large and richly variegated species, mea- 

 suring more than six feet in length : and being 

 pretty thick in proportion : the head is large, co- 

 vered with small scales, and scarce distinguished 

 from the body by any perceptible neck : the co- 

 lour of the upper parts is a strong orange-brown, 

 freckled with black specks, one at the tip of each 

 scale, and marked with numerous transverse zig- 

 zag bars of black ; while about the sides are seve- 

 ral scattered black spots of different forms and 

 sizes : the under parts are cinereous, barred here 

 and there by narrow transverse black stripes : the 

 tail of moderate length, thinner than the body, 

 and gradually tapers to the extremity. This snake 

 is a native of Ceylon, and is supposed to be a poi- 

 sonous species* 



