488 DOMICELLA SNAKE. 



marked by two broad longitudinal streaks uniting 

 at the top of the snout: tail rather short and 

 sharp-pointed, In the specimen described by Mr. 

 Merrem a narrow dorsal reddish line is continued 

 from head to tail, which is wanting in Seba's spe- 

 cimen. Native, according to Seba, of Siam. 



DOMICELLA SNAKE. 



Coluber Domicella. C. albus, fa^ciis transversis numerosis ni- 

 gerrimis, subtus alternatim concurrentibus, linea abdommali ni- 

 gricante. 



White Snake, with numerous jet-black transverse bands meet- 

 ing beneath, and a blackish abdominal line. 

 Anguis bicolor elegantissimus Malabaricus. Seh. 2. f. 54. y. 1. 

 Coluber Domicella. Lin. Si/st. Nat. p. 376. 

 Var. Coluber, picatus. Nat. Misc. vol. g. pi. 340. 

 Abdominal scuta 118, subcaudal scales 60. 



A VERY elegant and harmless species, of a slen- 

 der habit in proportion to its length, measuring 

 about two feet or two feet and a half in length, 

 and about half an inch in diameter : colour milk- 

 white, beautifully marked throughout the whole 

 length by very numerous, equidistant, jet-black 

 bands, attenuated on the sides, nearly meeting in an 

 alternate manner under the abdomen, which is also 

 marked by a continued wavy black line through 

 the middle of all the scuta : head very small, co- 

 vered with large scaly plates, and black, with a 

 middle line of Avhite at the back part : tail rather 

 short, and gradually tapering to a point. Native 

 of India : admirably figured in the work of Seba. 



