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DART SNAKE. 



Coluber Jaculatrix. C. albidu-s lineis tribvs nigricantibus, inter- 

 media latiorc. 



"Whitish Snake, with three blackish stripes, the middle one 

 broadest 



Coluber Jaculatrix. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 381. 



Serpens Americana Xeguipiles dicta. Seb. 2. t. \*f. <J. 



Abdominal scuta 163, subcaudal scales 77. 



MUCH allied to the llneatus in general appear- 

 ance, but is a smaller species : colour whitish, 

 with a tinge of blue ; and marked by three longi- 

 tudinal black or deep-brown stripes, of which the 

 middle one is by much the broadest: abdomen 

 pale or whitish : it appears to vary in colour, a 

 specimen described by Seba being of a yellowish 

 cast, with the stripes ferruginous : in the number 

 of scuta and squams it very nearly resembles the 

 llneatus : it is a native of Surinam, and is consi- 

 dered as a harmless animal. 



SIBILANT SNAKE. 



Coluber Sibilans. C. carvlcsccns, lineis quinque nigricantibus, ca- 



pitc maculato. 



Blueish Snake, with five dusky lines, and spotted head. 

 Coluber Sibilans. Jin. Syst. Nat. p. 383. 

 Seb. Mus. l. t. 109./. 1. and2. t. 56. f. 4-. t. lOJ.f. 4. 

 Abdominal scuta 166, subcaudal scales 100. 



MUCH allied in general appearance to the linea- 

 tus 9 being of a long slender habit, and marked 



