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DESCRIPTION OF 
No. XXXVIII. 
COLUBER. 
* 
JAVA, XIV. 
Scuta 170 . 
Squama 52 . 
The head obtuse, ovate, scarcely broader than the neck ; rostrum rounded. On the point 
of the front laminae a trigonal pair separates the nostrils ; behind these a narrow pair. 
The shield-form lamina very broad, acuminated ; the semi-cordate, well shaped. 
The mouth without fangs. The eyes spherical. The nostrils lateral, very small. 
The trunk is of the thickness of a small goose-quill, tapers to a sharp point at the tail. 
The scales smooth. 
The length , seven inches three lines, of which the tail measures one inch two lines. 
The colour . A black double fillet crosses the orbits, and there is an oblique streak of 
the same colour on each cheek. From the middle of the shield-form lamina rises a black 
fillet, which, dividing into two, is continued on each side of the ridge of the back to the 
tip of the tail : two narrower stripes of the like colour run parallel to these as far as the 
anus. These fillets are edged with very fine white lines. There are two other smaller 
waving lines on each side, which extend the whole length of the body. The colour 
between these stripes is a light bay, so that the body appears black and bay alternately. 
The belly, dusky white. 
No. XXXIX. 
COLUBER. 
INDIA, I. 
Scuta 202. 
Squama 68. 
The head, oblong, ovate, flat, considerably broader than the neck The first pair of 
laminae rounded ; the second pair much larger. The shield-form lanceolate ; the semi- 
cordate pair small, but well shaped. 
