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PELAMIS SCHISTOSUS.-— Slate-coloured Pelamis. 



Spec. Char. — Head and back blue ; side? and hefty pale 



buff ; tail lanceolate and entirely blue. 



Hoogli pattee; Russel, IniL Scrp. ii. p. 11, 1. 10. 



A native of the Indian Seas, and is called by the Hindoos Hoogli 

 pattee, and by the inhabitants of the English settlements Hoglin. 

 It is about three feet in length ; the head is oblong, obtuse, bulges 

 behind, and thicker than the neck ; the mouth proportionally large. 

 In the upper jaw, on each side, there is a small poison fang, behind 

 which, placed obliquely, are two or three common teeth. The 

 palatal rows, and teeth in the under jaw, are small. The body is 

 compressed, the abdomen carinated, and covered with small, ovate, 

 slightly carinated, and imbricate scales. The tail is flat, obtuse, 

 with the edges very thin. The upper part of the body and tail is 

 blue, the sides and belly pale buff. A bird bitten in the thigh by 

 this reptile expired in five minutes. 



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CHERSYDRUS GRANULATUS. 



Granulated Chersydrus. 



Gen. Char. Head and body covered with small cari- 

 nated scales ; posterior part of tlie body and tail com- 

 pressed vertically. 



Spec. Char. Body fuliginous, with white spots ; abdo- 

 men carinated, and marked throughout with whitish 

 ascendant lateral bands. 



Hjdrus granulatus; Schneid. Amph. Fasc. i. p. 243. Achrocordus fasciatus-, Shaw, 

 Zool. iii. p. 576, 1. 130. Hydras granulatus ; Merrem, Amph. 



