VIII. 



SKETCH 

 OF AN UNDESCRIBED 



HOODED SERPENT, 



WITH 



FANGS AND MAXILLAR TEETH. 



By. Dr. Th. CANTOR. 



HAMADRYAS, Nov. Gen. 



Caput latum, suhovatimi, deplanatum, rostro hrevi, ohtuso. Canthus 

 frontalis ohsoletus. Succce tumiclce. Oculi magni, prominentes, pupilla rotun- 

 da. Nares late apertce, laterales, duorum scutellorum in confinio. Scuta 

 rostralia frontalibus minora ; scuta supraorhitalia scuti verticis ejusdem magni- 

 tudinis, scutella prceorbitalia duo, postorbitalia tria ; scuta occipitalia maxima, 

 sex magnis scutis circumdata. Denies veneni antici, pone quos pauci dentes 

 maxillares. Gula squamosa. Collum dilatabilis. Truncus teres, abdomine 

 rotundato, squamis Icevibus, per series obliquas dispositis, imbricatim tectus. 

 Cauda brevis, scutis Sf scutellis tecta. 



HAMADRYAS HANNAH. 



Superne olivaceo-viridis, striis sagittalibus nigris cincta ; abdomine glauco, 



nigro-marmorato ; cauda fere \. 



The shape of the head is very like that of the Naja tripudians, Merrem, 

 the Cobra Capello, covered above with 15 larger shields in 5 ranges, the 

 first of which containing 2 scuta rostralia, the second 2 frontalia, the third 

 2 supra-orbitalia and the scutum verticis, the fourth 2 occipitalia, surround- 

 ed by the fifth range, consisting of 2 postoccipital and a temporal shield on 

 each side. These scuta as well as the others, covering the temples and lips, 



