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ARNEE SNAKE. 



Coluber Arnensis. C. fuscofavcscens, fasciis angvstis trans* 

 versis nigricantibus albo marginatis, abdomine albido. 



Yellowish-brown Snake, with narrow, blackish, transverse 

 bands edged with white, and pale abdomen. 



Russ. Ind. Serp.p. 43. t. 38. 



Abdominal scuta l6p, subcaudal scales 50. 



LENGTH about a foot and half: colour above 

 yellowish brown, with moderately distant, black- 

 ish or very deep brown transverse bands edged 

 with white : abdomen pale : head small : tail ra- 

 ther short, and tapering to a sharp-pointed tip: 

 native of the country of Arnee in the East Indies. 



SAGITTATED SNAKE. 



Coluber Sagittatus. C.fuscus, macvlis dorsalibvs sagittatis al- 



bidis nigro margmatis. 

 Brown Snake, with whitish sagittated dorsal spots edged \\ith 



black. 



Tar Tutta. Russ. Ind. Seip. p. 20. pi. 15. 

 Abdominal scuta 229> subcaudai scales 87. 



LENGTH about two feet: habit slender: head 

 rather large, round, obtuse, and covered with large 

 scales : neck slender : colour of the upper parts 

 yellowish brown, variegated on the back with a 

 kind of continued chain of sagittated or triangular 

 spots, the sides extending pretty much, and the 

 tips pointing forwards : these spots are edged with 

 black, and become fainter towards the tail, which 



