PLATE l. 
OpnipiA.— Paleophis toliapicus. 
Fig. 
1. A group of vertebrae and ribs cemented together by the matrix. 
2. A chain of thirty vertebre, in a mass of matrix. 
3. Six well-preserved vertebre, in their matrix. 
4. A single vertebra. 
4 a. A corresponding vertebra of a Python tigris, twelve feet in length. 
5. Front view of a vertebra of Palæophis toliapicus. 
5 a. Front view of a corresponding vertebra of Python tigris. 
7. Under view of a vertebra of Paleophis toliapicus. 
