SlA C^RULESCENT SNAKE. 



foot and half in length, of which the tail mea- 

 sures a third part: the colour is blueish, paler 

 beneath; the head angular, the eyes large, and 

 the lips marked with black bars : it is a native of 

 South America : it seems to be a species rather 

 indistinctly described, and to demand farther ex- 

 amination. 



C.ERULESCENT SNAKE. 



Coluber Cssrulescens, C. ccerulescens capite acuminato, abdo* 

 mine piano. 



Casrulescent Snake, with pointed head and fiat abdomen. 

 Coluber caerulescens. Lin. S^/st. Nat. p. 389. Mus. Ad. Frid. 



p. 37. t. 20. f. 2. 

 Abdominal scuta 215, subcaudal scales 170^ 



With the general habit of AhcEtulla : length a 

 foot and half : colour blueish, paler beneath : ab- 

 domen flat : head ovate, and acuminate : tail 

 round and about a fourth of the whale length, 

 gradually tapering to the tip : native of South 

 America. This also seems to be an obscure 

 species. 



