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NECKLACE SNAKE. 



Coluber Monilis. C. albidus, supra fasciis latisfuscis, collo supra 



maculis tribm albis. 

 Whitish Snake, marked above by broad brown bands, and with 



three white spots on the neck. 

 Coluber Monilis. Un. Syst. Nat. p. 381. 

 Abdominal scuta 16*4, subcaudal scales 82. 



A SMALL species, measuring about a foot and 

 half in length : colour whitish, banded through- 

 out the whole length with very broad transverse 

 brown zones : abdomen plain : head of moderate 

 size, whitish, bordered with brown, and marked 

 by three lengthened brown spots : on the upper 

 part of the neck are three round white spots, 

 forming as it were a half collar on that part : this 

 species is a native of South America. 



KING-BANDED SNAKE. 



Coluber Doliatus. C. lactcvs, annulis dorxalibtis oi'dt 



proximatis, nigris. 

 Milk-white Snake, marked above by lan;e, approximated, oval 



black rings. 



Coluber doliatus. Un. tys/. Nat. p. 'J? .">. 

 .Magpie Snake. Naturalist's Miscellany, i'of. 7. pi. ^^4. 

 Abdominal scuta l6'-t, subcaudal scale 



A SMALL, but highly elegant, tpeck>: general 

 length a foot and half, or two feet: colour milk- 

 white, with a sligth cast of cream-colour above, 

 and marked down the whole length by large, oval, 

 jet-black rings, the ends of which approaching 



