Dr. O. Wucherer on the Ophidians of Bahia. 251 
Skull of Cuseus ornatus (side view). 
In the British Museum there are two young specimens of the 
genus which I am not able to determine with certainty. They are 
both of a fulvous-brown colour, and without any streak on the 
back. 
1. Said to come from “ Amboyna,” and is supposed to be a young 
C. orientalis ; the sex is doubtful, but probably a male. 
2. The other was sent by Mr. Wallace from Macassar in 1857, 
and is a young male. I formerly considered it as a variety of C. 
celebensis (P.Z.S. 1858, p. 43); and it is like that species in se- 
veral particulars ; but the want of the dorsal streak is a great pecu- 
liarity, which was not so distinctly seen before it was stuffed. 
On THE OpHiDIANS OF THE PrRoviINcE or Banta, Braziu. 
By Dr. Orso Wucuerer, Corr. Mems. (Part II.*) 
Of the family of Coronellide several species of Liophis are very 
common in this province—Liophis cobella, L. Merremii, L. regina, 
and L. conirostris. The last appears to me to occur only in the 
vicinity of the city of Bahia. In several collections of Ophidians 
sent to me from different parts of the province, I never found a single 
specimen, whilst it is rather common in the vicinity of the city of 
Bahia. It never attains to the same size as the other species. Some 
specimens of Z. Merremii show so constantly certain differences from 
others, that I feel tempted to consider them as belonging to a distinct 
species, particularly as those differences are by no means referable to 
the different age of the individuals ; however I shall withhold my sug- 
gestions until I shall have collected more materials to substantiate 
them. Lrythrolamprus venustissimus, of the same family, is not 
unfrequent. It shares with different other snakes the Portuguese 
name of Cobra Coral. 
* See Annals, vol. viii. p. 179, for Part I. 
