48 ABERDEEN SERPENT. Class III. 



whose bite is said to be mortal. Is it possible 

 that this could be the species which has hitherto 

 escaped the notice of our naturalists ? I the 

 rather suspect it, as I have been informed, that 

 there is a small snake that lurks in the low 

 grounds of Galloway, which bites and often 

 proves fatal to the inhabitants. 



TION. 



4. Aber- AnguisEryx. Lin. Syst. 3g2. L'Eryx. De la Cepede. Hist. 

 deen. Gm. Lin. 1 121. des Serpents, ii. 438. 



A new Snake. Tour in Scotl. 

 1769. App. 



Descrip- ATS length is fifteen inches ; the tongue broad 

 and forked; the nostrils small, round, and 

 placed near the tip of the nose ; the eyes lodged 

 in oblong fissures above the angle of the mouth ; 

 the belly of a bluish lead color, marked with 

 small white spots irregularly disposed; the rest 

 of the body of a greyish brown, with three lon- 

 gitudinal dusky lines, one extending from the 

 head along the back to the point of the tail ; the 

 others broader, and extending the whole length 

 of the sides. It had no scuta; but was en- 



