THE 



SPECTACLE SNAKE, 



O R 



COBRA de CAPELLO. 



Generic Character. 



Tranfverfe Lamella; under the abdomen,, 

 Broad alternate Scaks under the tail. 



Specific Character. 



FERRUGINOUS -YELLOW SNAKE, with 

 the neck (generally) much dilated, and 

 marked above by a fpe£lacle-ihaped fpot of 

 black and white. 



The abdominal plates are about 193. 



The fubcaudal fcales 60» 



In Europe the noxious part of the ferpent tribe is 

 happily confined to a very few poifonous fpecies; but 

 the vaft regions of India and Africa, and the extenfive 

 wilds of America, are infefted by a variety of thefe 

 dreadful reptiles ; fome of which are but too well pro- 

 vided with the fatal power of deftroying mankind by 

 their bite. 



Such 



