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sntural yellow patches. 1255, 7 do. greener. 1256, 7 do. dark- 

 er. 1257, 2 do. intermediate. 1258, 5 do. close grained. 

 1259, 4 do. striped. 1260, 7 do. obscurely trifasciate. 1261, 4 

 do. dark close pattern, fine lines. 1262, 5 do. coarser lines. 

 1263, 7 do. mottled pattern. 1264, 5 do. obscurely trifasciate. 

 Olive green tinge. 1265, 5 do. very light. 1266, 7 do. rather 

 darker. 1267, 7 do. greyish tinge. 1268, 5 do. darker. 1269, 

 7 do. very dark. 1270, 5 do. closer markings.^ 1271, 8 do. 

 obscurely trifasciate. 



Banded variety. Grey tinge. 1272, 7 sp. close pattern. 

 1273, 4 do. speckled. 1274, 6 do. band more developed. 1275, 

 4 do. band coloured. Lilac tinge. 1276, 9 do. close pattern. 

 1277, 7 do. greenish band. 1278, 7 do. variable markings. 

 1279, 5 do. open pattern. 1280, 9 do. band margin with broad 

 spots. 1281, 10 do. narrow spots. 1282, 8 do. with white 

 lines. 1283, 4 do. without white. Greenish tinge. 1284, 4 do. 

 light, streaked. 1285, 5 do. spotted. 1286, 4 do. large spots. 

 1287, 3 do. broken markings. 1288, 5 do. large zigzag pat- 

 tern. 1289, 4 do. band spotted. Dark volour. 1290, 8 do. 

 with yellow flames. 1291, 4 do. fine markings. 1292, 7 do. 

 broken pattern. 1293, 5 do. very close grains. 1294, 7 do. 

 very dark. 



With black sutural land. Spotted. 1295, 3 sp. very light. 

 1296, 5 do. lilac, open pattern. 1297, 5 do. grey. 1298, 4 do. 

 close pattern. 1299, 5 do. dark lilac. 1300, 4 do. dark grey. 

 1301, 4 do. very dark. Striped. 1302, 4 do. very light. 1303, 

 9 do. olive green. 1304, 8 do. grey. 1305, 4 do. dark. Banded. 

 1306, 5 do. lilac tinge, speckled. 1307, 6 do. grey. 1308, 4 do. 

 striped. 1309, 3 do. lilac and green. 



Tablet 1310, contains 11 sp. shewing variations in form. 

 1311, 18 sp. shewing variations in the mouth. In all, 607 

 specimens, between every two of which there is an appreciable 

 difference. The above enumeration gives but a faint idea of 

 the variations, fully to display which every specimen must 

 have been retained, and to describe which' would have filled 

 a volume. 



Tablet 1312 contains 30 separate opercula ; others are seeu 

 in situ. 



