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NECKLACE SNAKE. 



Coluber Monilis. C. albiduSj supra fasciis lafis fuscis, eollo supra 



moculis tribus albis. 

 Whitish Snake, marked above by broad brown bands, and with 



three white spots on the neck. 

 Coluber Monilis. Ldn, Spf. Nat. p. 381. 

 Abdominal scuta 164-, subcaudal scales 82. 



A SMALL species, ineasuring about a foot and 

 half in length : colour whitish, banded through- 

 out the whole lenoth with verv broad transverse 

 bro>vn zones : abdomen plain : head of moderate 

 size, whitish, bordered with brown, and marked 

 by three lengthened brown spots : on the upper 

 part of the neck are three round white spots, 

 forming as it were a half collar on that part : this 

 species is a native of South America. 



iilNG-BANDED SNAKE. 



Coluber Doiiatus. C. lactcus, amnilis dur.mhbus otatis, ap- 



proxlmatis, nigris. 

 i\Iilk-white Snake, marked above by large, approximated, oval 



black rings. 

 Coluber doliatus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 27 5. 

 Magpie Snake. Naturalisfs Miscellany, "ool. 7 . pi. 254. 

 Abdominal scuta 164, subcaudal scales 43. 



A SMALL, but highly elegant, species : general 

 length a foot and half, or two feet : colour milk- 

 white, with a sligth cast of cream-colour above, 

 and marked down the whole length by large, oval, 

 jet-black rings, the ends of which approaching 



