525 



HOELLEICK SNAKE. 

 Coluber Hoelleik. Forsk, F. Arab. p. 15. 



Entirely of a red colour : length about a foot : 

 its bite causes an inflamed tumour ; and its breath 

 is said to excite an itching on the skin : native of 

 Arabia. 



JARA SNAKE. 



Coluber Jara, C. niger, pmctis linearibus geminatis albis, collan 



nbdominequejia'vescentibiis. 

 Black Snake, with double linear white specks, and yellowish 



collar and abdomen. 

 Jara Potoo. Riiss. Ind. Serp.p. pi. 44. 

 Abdominal scuta 175, subcaudal scales 56. 



Length about fifteen inches: colour black 

 above, each scale marked by two minute white 

 lines : round the back of the head a yellowish col- 

 lar : abdomen of the same colour : tail very short, 

 tapering suddenly to a point : native of India, 



