flICKANELLA SNAKE. 



Coluber Hickanella. C. albus, cceruleo guttatus, ahdomine cctru- 

 ko maculato. 



White Snake, speckled with blue above, and variegated witk 



blue on the abdomen. 

 Serpens Hikhanella Americanus. Seb. 2. t. 75./. 2. 



A BEAUTIFUL spccics : length about two feet 

 and a half : thickness- moderate : head oblong, 

 large-scaled, white, with the sutures or divisions 

 of the scales blue : remainder of the upper parts 

 white, with numerous small blue spots, disposed 

 in a rhomboid pattern : abdomen white, trans- 

 versly tesselated in some parts with blue : tail ra- 

 ther short, gradually tapering to the tip : native, 

 according to Seba, of South America, frequent- 

 ing houses, and being very useful in destroying 

 rats, &c. 



BOAFORM SNAKE. 



'Coluber Boaeformis. C. alhidus,fusco variegatm, ahdomine albo, 



scutis brecissimis. 

 Whitish Snake, with brown variegations, white beneath, with 



very short scuta. 

 Pedda Poda. Russ. Ind. Serp, p, 27, 28, 30. pi. 22, 23, 24, 

 Bora. Russ, Ind. Serp. p. 44. pL 39. 

 Abdominal scuta 252, subcaudal scales 62. 



Length of the specimen described by Dr. Rus- 

 sel about two feet and a half, but supposed to 

 grow much larger : habit thick and short, with 



