472 lUTRIX SNAKE. 



of the second volume of Seba, under the name of 

 Flosculus, are of this kind ; the colour being pale 

 blue, with a slight tinge of violet down the back, 

 and the abdomen white. This beautiful snake is 

 a native of Surinam, and is a harmless species. 



LUTRIX SNAKE. 



Coluber Lutrix. C.plumbeuSy dorso aurantio, abdomintflavo. 

 Lead-coloured Snake, with orange-coloured back and 3'ellow 

 abdomen. 



Coluber Lutrix. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 275. 



Serpens eximia Africana crocea, fronte albo. Seb. 2. t. S6.f. 5. 



Duberria. Seb. 2. t. l.f.6? 



Abdominal scuta 134, subcaudal scales 27- 



This is a small but elegant Snake, usually mea- 

 suring nine or ten inches or near a foot in length, 

 and being rather thick in proportion : the colour 

 is described by Linnaeus as yellow above and be- 

 neath, and blueish on the sides : he quotes, how- 

 ever, no figure as a representative of the species, 

 but it is probably the Serpens eximia Africana 

 crocea fronte albo of Seba, vol. 2. pi. 86. f. 5. 

 which is said by that author to be of an orange- 

 colour above, with the upper part of the head and 

 the abdomen white. It also seems to be the Du- 

 berria of the same author, figured at pi. 1. f. 6, 

 which is described as blue above, with a middle 

 range of small red specks, brown on the sides, 

 and cinereous yellow beneath, and supposed by 

 Seba to be a native of Ceylon, as the orange- 



