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DESCRIPTION OF 
No. XLI. 
COLUBER. 
JAVA, XVI. 
Scuta 217.215. 
Squama 7 6. 7 8. 
The head broader than the neck, the occiput swelling out. The rostrum obtuse. The 
lamina between the nostrils small, square ; the next pair of the same shape, remarkably 
large ; the three between the eyes remarkably small ; the central one resembles the point 
of a lancet, the lateral, pyramidal, short. The semi-cordate pair long, with several large 
scales on each side. 
The mouth proportionally narrow; the teeth very small, a marginal row above; no 
fangs. The eyes globular, very small; the nostrils large. 
The trunk cylindrical, swells and lessens moderately; the tail tapers more sensibly to 
a very small not acute point. The abdomen Battish ; the scales remarkably small, ovate, 
smooth, close. 
The length , three feet one inch and a half ; of which the tail measures seven inches. 
The colour. The head a yellowish bay ; the trunk dark brown, deepening towards 
the tail ; six or eight yellowish bands are visible on the back, narrow on the ridge of 
the back, and expanding towards the scutae; they are bright on the neck, but evanescent 
about the middle of the trunk. The scutae, and other parts beneath, are of nearly the 
same colour with the bands ; but both may probably have been altered by the spirit. 
No. XLII. 
COLUBER. 
JAVA, XVI. 
Scuta 23 8. 
Squama 9 5 . 
The head very little larger than the neck. The front lamina trigonal; the first pair 
pentagonal ; the second nearly of the same form, but much larger. The shield-form 
