562 -SHORT HYDRUS. 



lar colour. It is an East- Indian species, and is 

 preserved in the British Museum. 



SHORT HYDRUS. 



Hydrus Curtus. H.flavescens curtns, fasciis decurrentibus sub- 

 acuminatisfuscis, supra subconfluentibus. 

 . Yellowish short Hydrus, with dusky decurrent subacuminated 

 bands somewhat confluent above. 



Length about a foot : body compressed, and 

 considerably thicker in proportion to its length 

 than in any of the preceding : head flattish, co- 

 vered with large scales : neck or fore part but 

 little thinner than the rest of the body : tail about 

 an inch long, and of the usual form : scales on all 

 parts hexagonal, and small for the size of the ani- 

 mal : back carinated ; abdomen more obtusely so, 

 having a row of hexagonal scales : colour pale 

 yellow, with a pretty close series of deeply decur- 

 rent dusky bands from head to tail, and so placed 

 as to appear alternately confluent on the top of 

 the back, more especially near the head. An 

 East-Indian species. Preserved in the British 

 Museum. 



