406 1IEGAE11A. 



forbid this supposition. It is said to be a native 

 of Africa. See Seb. 2. pi. 82. f. 2. 



TISIPHONE. 



Coluber Tisiphonc. C.fuscus ivnmacidatus, corpare crasso. 

 Brown thick-bodied Snake, without any variegations. 

 Brown Viper. Catesb. Carol. 2. pi. 45. 



THIS, says Catesby, is of the size of the Black 

 Viper (American), measuring about two feet in 

 length, and large in proportion : it is also a very 

 slow-moving and sluggish reptile, advancing de- 

 liberately, even to escape danger : yet will defend 

 itself with much fierceness when attacked, and its 

 bite is said to be as venomous as any : it retains 

 its brown colour, in all stages of life : it is found 

 in Virginia, and Carolina, in the last of which it 

 is called the Truncheon Snake : it preys on Li- 

 zards and other animals. 



MEGAERA. 



Coluber jVlcg.Tra. C. juscus, fafo lariatm, caplte cordato de- 

 presso,foramine vtrinqite jnagtio inter oculos fy narcs. 



Brown Snake, with yellow variegations, flat cordate head, and 

 a large orifice on each side between the eyes and nostrils. 



La Vipere Fcr-de-Lance. Cepede Serp. p. 12 1. pi. 5. 



Abdominal scuta 224-, subcaudal squama; 68. 



Tins is a large species, measuring, when full- 

 grown, five or six feet, or even more, in length* 



