Characters of New Brazilian Reptilia. 329 



jESTIVus. L, viridi-purpurascensj abdomine virescente i rostro 

 obtuso. 



Scuta abdominalia, 155. 

 Scutella subcaudalia, 144. 



Green Snake. Caterby Carol. II. p. 57. 

 Coluber aestivus. Lin. S. N. 387. Shaw, Gen. Zool. III. pt. 

 2. p. 551. Merrem, p. 121. 

 Le verdatre Encyc. Method. 

 Habitat in Carolina. 



Blue green above, greenish beneath, rostrum obtuse. 



Mancas. L. supra glaucus, abdomine pallide luteo, Uneis bints 

 latis virescentibus. 



Scuta abdominalia, 186. 

 Scutella subcaudalia, 1 53. 



Mancas. Russell Ind. Serp. II. t. 25. p. 29. 



Rooka. lb. 



Habitat in India oriental!. 



Glaucous green above, pale yellowish beneath, with two broad 

 greenish lines. 



Art. XL. The generic and specific Characters SfC. of 

 Ophidian, Chelonian, and Batrachian Reptilia, disco- 

 vered hy M. Spix in Brazil.* 



AMPHIBIA. 



Ordo II. Pedes nulU. 

 SERPENTES. 



Tribus a. 

 Serpentes innocui : Tela nulla ; Denies maxillares et palatini. 



* Extracted from the following works : 



1. Serpentum Braziliensium species novae, ou Histoire Naturelle des espe- 



