530 



DART SNAKE. 



Coluber Jaculatrix. C. albidus Imeis iribus nigricantibns^ inter' 

 media latiore. 



Whitish Snakc> with three blackish stripes, the middle one 

 broadest. 



Coluber Jaculatrix. Lin. Sysi. Nat. p. 381. 



Serpens Americana Xequipiles dicta. Seb. 2. t. 1./. 9. 



Abdominal scuta l63, subcaudal scales 77. 



Much allied to the I'meatus in general appear- 

 ance, but is a smaller species: colour whitish, 

 with a tinge of blue ; and marked by three longi- 

 tudinal black or deep-brown stripes, of which the 

 middle one is by much the broadest: abdomen 

 pale or whitish : it appears to vary in colour, a 

 specimen described by Seba being of a yellowish 

 cast, with the stripes ferruginous : in the number 

 of scuta and squamae it very nearly resembles the 

 Uneatus : it is a native of Surinam, and is consi- 

 dered as a harmless animal. 



SIBILANT SNAKE. 



Coluber Sibilans. C. ccerukuens, lineis quhiqu^ nigrk&ntibus, 

 jrite maculato, 



Blueish Snake, with five dusky lines,, and spotted head. 

 Coluber Sibilans. Xm. Syst. Nat. p. 383. 

 Seb. Mus. 1. t. 109./. 1. a?id 2. t. 56./. 4. t. 107 J, 4. 

 Abdominal scuta 166, subcaudal scales 100. 



Much allied in general appearance to the Imea- 

 tiUy being of a long slender habit, and marked 



