S76 FASCIATED ACROCHORDUS. 



Hornsted's description of the Javan species. The 

 present specimen is in the British Museum, and 

 the highly accurate engraving which accompanies 

 this article will shew in the most satisfactory 

 manner the resemblances and discrepances be- 

 tween this and the former animal. Its native 

 place is not particularized. 



FASCIATED ACROCHORDUS. 



Acrochordus Fasciatus. A.fuUginosus, ahdomine carinato,fasciis 



lateralibus aseendentihus albidis. 

 Fuliginous Acrochordus, with carinated abdomen, and whitish 



ascendent lateral bands. 

 Hydrus granulatus. H. corpore scabro fuUginoso, fascik albis in 



'Ventre latioribus cincto. Schneid. Amph. Fasc. l.p. 243. 



This is so much allied to the preceding, that it 

 may perhaps be doubted whether it really differs 

 in any other respect than age, size, and cast of co- 

 lours, measuring about eighteen inches in length, 

 and being of a dusky-brown colour, M^ith several 

 paler fasciae which take their rise from the abdo- 

 men, and ascend on the sides : the abdomen is 

 carinated, as in the former. This is certainly the 

 Hydrus granulatus of Mr. Schneider, who, in his 

 work on the Amphibia, describes it as a water- 

 snake, though, seemingly, without any other 

 foundation than its having a carinated abdomen ; 

 its other characters by no means agreeing with 



