548 COLUBER NASUTUS. 



zans, in all its states, appears to vary considerably 

 in the number of these parts. 



COLUBER NASUTUS. 



Serpcns viridis ore acuminato ex Java, Aspidis species. Seb. 2. 

 t. 57. f- 4. 



COLOUR a beautiful grass-green, with a yel- 

 low lateral line at the edges of the abdomen, as in 

 the Mycterizans : general length about three feet: 

 habit moderately slender : head rather large, and 

 covered in front with very large scales, and sharp- 

 pointed, the upper jaw projecting considerably 

 beyond the lower : tail long and slender : well 

 figured in the work of Seba : so nearly allied to 

 the Mycterizans as to be scarce distinguishable by 

 a specific character, but seems to have a somewhat 

 larger head in proportion, and to be somewhat 

 less slender in the body : native, according to 

 Seba, of Java. 



