TORTRICIDS. re 
The Gunnue or Aphia is also very poisonous. of about the 
same size as the preceding, and of very repulsive appearance. 
Both these species are found in stony places: the latter par- 
tieularly abounding along the eastern slope of the vallev of 
Kashmir. : 
Wise says* that the Grecian physicians of olden times 
found no remedies for snake-bites. bur the Indians did cure 
persons bitten: on which account an ediet was published, 
ordering all persons bitten by a serpent to be brought to the 
King’s tent, where the Hindoo physicians would eure them. 
SECOND GENTS—TORTRICID_E. 
Ventral scales but little larger than the others: a mental groove ex- 
ists: upper labials six. 
These are “short tails,” these found in the East Indies 
belonging to one species only. 
No.1. Tort. eylindrep his (Wagler. Rufus. Grav), is the 
Schilavy Pamboo of Dr. Patrick Russell. 
No. 2. T. evlindrophis maeulates (Linn.) is the Anguis 
macniata of Russell. These are both East India species. 
Woed* elassifics the Coral snake as Tortrix sevtale. but 
Wagler and other naturalists place it under the genus Elaps. 
-A classification of the South American genera will find other 
varietics belonging to this genus. 
No. 3. Lortrix botte—Charine botte— Gray. Blaine, is a 
North American variety. 
THIRD GENTS—NENOPELTID-E Gaiic3. 
t2 two pair of fre ve occipitals 
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Cantor gives one East India variety of this genus. viz.. 
* History of Medicine. &c.. val. i, p. 277. 
+ Wood's Zaniezy. vol. iii. 
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