BOCHIR. 543 



zones : abdomen pale or white, each scutum being 

 marked on each side by two small black specks : 

 head large-scaled, pale or blueish above, and of mo- 

 derate size : tail rather short, and tapering to a 

 point. Native of India : mistakenly marked in the 

 Systema Naturae as a poisonous species. 



TRILINEATED SNAKE. 



Coluber Trilineatus. C. rufus, lineis tribus nigris. 

 Rufous Snake, with three black lines. 

 La Trois-Raies. Cepede Serp. p. 254. 

 Abdominal scuta 169, subcaudal scales 34-. 



LENGTH about a foot and half: colour above 

 rufous, marked throughout the whole length by 

 three black lines or narrow stripes : head covered 

 with large scales : tail about two inches and three 

 quarters long: native of Africa: described by 

 the Count de Cepede. 



BOCHIR. 



Serpens ^gyptiaca Bochir dicta. Seb. 2. t. 38./. 3. 



SIZE and general habit of the Viper, but the 

 head covered in front with moderately large 

 scales : the head is also very short, and variegated 

 with red spots : colour of the whole animal cinere- 

 ous yellow, marked along the upper part by five 

 deep rufous stripes or lines from head to tail : ab- 



