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ocellated spots on the sides. 20 feet long. Inhabits S. Ameri- 

 ca. Shaw, iii. 343. 



B. kortulana, Lin. Back variegated with deep brown, purplish, and 

 whitish ; sides with angular spots ; abdomen yellowish, with 

 dusky spots. The arrangement of colours on the head resembles 

 lace. 2 feet 2 inches long. S. America Shaw, iii. pi. 98. 



B. phrygia, Shaw. Body white, with a grayish cast on the back, 

 elegantly marked with black lace-like variegations. 4 feet long. 

 Inhabits India. Shaw, iii. pi. 97- 



B. canina, Lin. Head large ; body green, with transverse undu- 

 lated white dorsal bands. 4 feet long. Inhabits S. America. 

 Shaw, iii. pi. 95. 



Gen. 8. ERIX, Daud. Anguis, Lin. 



A longitudinal row of scales, larger than the others, under the 

 body and tail ; nine large plates on the head ; teeth small 

 and pointed. 



E. Clivica. Body variegated with gray arid brown. Inhabits Duchy 

 of Cleves.Skaw, iii. 589. 



Gen. 9. ERPETON, Lacep. 



Two soft prominences, covered with scales, at the extremity of 

 the -muzzle ; head furnished with large plates ; those of the 

 belly a little smaller, and those under the tail slightly different 

 from the other scales. 



E. tentaculatus, Lacep. About four inches long, of which the tail 

 forms a third. Lacep. An. Mus. ii. pi. 50. 



3. Shields under the tail ranged in pairs. COLUBER, Lin. 



Gen. 10. PYTHON, Daud. Coluber, Lin 

 Anus with lateral hooks ; ventral plates narrow ; plates of the 

 head large and numerous. 



P. Javamcus, Cuv. The Oular-Sawa*. Body gray, striped with 

 blue, and crossed by blue stripes with yellowish edges ; abdomi- 

 nal scales 312, subcaudal 93. 20 to 30 feet long. Shaw, iii. 441. 



P. ordinatus, Cuv. Body bluish-green, with whitish dorsal line, and 

 sides spotted with brown. 2 to 3 feet long. Inhabits N. Ame- 

 rica. Catesby, ii. pi. 51. 



P. rhombeatns, Cuv. Body gray or brownish, with three alternating 

 longitudinal rows of ovate but somewhat rhomboid dusky spots, 

 with bluish centres. 2 or 3 feet long. S. America. Shaw t iii. 437. 



Gen. 11. HUREIA, Daud. Coluber, Lin. 



With a double row of longitudinal plates under the extremity of 

 the tail ; the rest of the body below with one row only . 



This genus was instituted by Daudin for the reception of some species of Indian 



