* 



Oujs, and causes death by indu ler- 

 able sleep — the Platuriis lath . ier, 



or Ili/drm colubrmuit a pe>isonor r s>nali:e 



which is met with in tile se tnl y 



poisonous ones which have |/.i>.->cd hhIm uiv oh* 



fervatjoru Tho Coluber tigrifuiSj or Tiger snake, 

 1$ due of lh« most brilliant of the sjiecies, \kdn^ 

 striped like a tijjer as its name imports, and the 

 head being' beatitifiiUy variegated with yellow 

 marks rcsembbng Persian characters and along 

 Ihc belly iwm a chain of brijjht scartet spots, eve- 

 ry four being disposed in diamond squsires^the 

 Cdhdcr porpHjfriacus-^ihe Coinher purpurasce/is^ 

 tJie Ccdukr Maderensis— the Colub&^cholmri, —the 

 Coluber a hetnk, or Whip snake—the Fseudoboaii- 

 ftcata of Cuvier, or Boa i'mtata of Shaw, and the 

 following: three, which i could not class by means 

 of **Gmelin*s System' Vand whichjrommy not hav- 

 ing Stark's Eietnents*' at hand at the time of e xa- 

 ni'matjon, and not having the specimens by me 

 now, 1 am equally af*a loss to arrange ; vi2. €q- 



hiber— ;. this snakte is ilx feet' long—platea 



of the belly I Gl. under the tail 59 — pale 



yellowish brown- -^^d^Js marked with ' ' 

 triangular white spots placed equidii. .i. « . . i 

 each nther—inhabits the jungles of th^ Penihsti- 



la;*- ; plates of the belly lt^4— 



scales umlt r the tail 34 — 1 'rht in- 



cli-.- 1- ;i : I:- ^ beneath 



, .1.: with paler 

 edge^ /'ates of the belly 172, 



scales under the tail J'25"-twd feet long, slender 

 — tad | ofthe ^hole length, tapering — above. 



