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ARNEE SNAKE. 



Coluber Arnensis. C. fusco-flavescens, fasciis angustis trans* 

 versis mgricanfibus albo marginafis, abdomine albido. 



Yellowish-brown Snake, with narrow, blackish, transverse 

 bands edged with white, and pale abdomen. 



Russ. Ind. Serp^p. 43. t. 38. 



Abdominal scuta 169, subcaudal scales 50. 



Length about a foot and half: colour above 

 yellowish brown, with moderately distant, black- 

 ish or very deep brown transverse bands edged 

 with white : abdomen pale : head small : tail ra- 

 ther short, and tapering to a sharp-pointed tip : 

 native of the country of Arnee in the East Indies. 



S.AGITTATED SNAKE. 



Coluber Sagittatus. C.fuscus, maculis dorsalibns sagittatis aU 



bidis nigro marginatis. 

 Brown Snake, with whitish sagittated dorsal spots edged with 



black. 



Tar Tutta. Rvss. Ind. Serp. p. 20. pi. 15. 

 Abdominal scuta 229? subcaudal scales 87. 



Length about two feet: habit slender: head 

 rather large, round, obtuse, and covered with large 

 scales : neck slender : colour of the upper parts 

 yellowish brown, variegated on the back with a 

 kind of continued chain of sagittated or triangular 

 spots, the sides extending pretty much, and the 

 tips pointing forwards: these spots are edged with 

 black, and become fainter towards the tail, which 



