488 DOMICELLA SNAKE. 



marked by two broad longitudinal streaks uniting 

 at the top of the snout : tail rather short and 

 sharp-pointed. In the specimen described by Mr. 

 Merrem a narrow dorsal reddish line is continued 

 from head to tail, which is wanting in Seba's spe- 

 cimen. Native, according to Seba, of Siam. 



DOMICELLA SNAKE. 



Coluber Domicella. C. albus, fasciis transiersis numerosis ni- 

 gerrinris, subtm alternatim concurrentibus, linea abdominah m- 

 gricante. 



White Snake, with numerous jet-black transverse bands meet- 

 ing beneath, and a blackish abdominal line. 



Anguis bicolor elegantissimus Malabaricus. Seb. 2. t. 5\.f. 1. 



Coluber Domicella. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 376. 



Var. Coluber, picatus. Nat. Misc. vol. 9. pi. 340. 



Abdominal scuta 118, subcaudal scales 60. 



A VERY elegant and harmless species, of a slen- 

 der habit in proportion to its length, measuring 

 about two feet or two feet and a half in length, 

 and about half an inch in diameter: colour milk- 

 white, beautifully marked throughout the whole 

 length by very numerous, equidistant, jet-black 

 bands, attenuated on the sides, nearly meeting in an 

 alternate manner under the abdomen, which is also 

 marked by a continued wavy black line through 

 the middle of all the scuta : head very small, co- 

 vered with large scaly plates, and black, with a 

 middle line of white at the back part: tail rather 

 short, and gradually tapering to a point. Native 

 of India: admirably figured in the work of Seba. 



