30 * *OPHIDIANS. 
No. 11. Col. Car. eanusz : 3 sab-varieties ; is found in South 
Africa. 
12. “  earonella : 1 sub-variety ; multimaculata ; 
also found in South Africa. 
The Australian species are: 
No. 13. Col. cor. cornella Australia: 1 sub-variety. 
14.  mycterizans (Linn. 1 sub-variety ; called 
Passeriki Pam, Pastiletti, by Rusell, 
Abdominal ::uta 178, subeaudal squame 166— 344. Length 4’ 6” of 
a large specimen, diameter 4’’.. Head much broader tran the neck, ob- 
long. depressed above, rounded on the sides. c ks ha sed and contracted 
at the eyes. Rostram long, :traight. snarp- ed. resembling the beak 
of a bird, with a small, soft. obtuse, reflex process at the extremity. Gs- 
eput covered with eleven lamine, and :itrbicular, imbricate ical<s: 
teeth slender, reflex, three r>ws in upper jaw. Ly lateral, large, promi- 
nent; nostrils small; ¢-u.& slightly triangular; abdomen tattish; spine 
slightly carinated ; seales linear, lanceolate, loosely st on the neck and 
front part of the trunk. but the rest closely imbricate; fi! long. slender, 
and covered with <x:¢-dinu!y minute scales at the point. Coder: the 
head appears to be covered with green velvet with a streak of yellow on 
each cheek ; the rest of the body is of a velluwish grass green when quiet, 
but when provoked the body swells. and the ‘rt-r=tit!ai white between 
the seaies comes out. while the yellow assumes a changeable hue. From 
the throat to the anus there runs on each side of the body a yellowish-waits 
filet. which assurnes a darker shade near the anus. and terminates near 
the tipof the tail. The scuta and squame are of a light yellowish-green. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
This variety is very coramon about Vizagapatam and in 
the Circars, and is said t> abound in the Carnatic. Found 
often in the trees, and the natives sav it drops down upon 
passers-by. Its poison produced no nexinus etfects in chick- 
ens. The C, mycterizans of Linneus i: marked. venomous; 
this is an error pointed out by Dr. Gray. 
