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DESCRIPTION OF 
other scales linear disposed in oblique rows. The tail tapers to a slender point, and 
is covered with scales nearly orbicular. 
The length three feet five inches, of which one foot two belongs to the tail. 
The gull, when biggest, one inch and a half. 
The colour of the upper part of the head and trunk dark blue ; the neck, abdomen, 
and tail, a bluish white. The colour in the recent subject is probably more green. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
The laminae of the head in this serpent, as well as the disposition of the linear scales 
on the trunk, resemble those of the Coluber Mycterizans, or Passerchi Pam. 
The specimen was received from Bombay, sent with several others by Dr. Scott. 
It was declared very venomous by our snake-catcher, who said he had known two 
men killed by it. By another its bite was said to occasion immediate giddiness, and to 
prove mortal in two days. 
It is represented as living on trees ; and not uncommon. 
No. XXVI. 
COLUBER. 
Scuta Abdominalia 17 6. 
Squama Subcaudales 127. 
Called by the natives Gumberi muken. 
The head hardly thicker than the neck, oblong, obtuse. The front pair of laminae 
nearly square, rounded only a little on the posterior edge ; the next pair of the same 
shape, but larger in size ; the middle laminae of the next three behind, funnel-shaped ; 
the lateral, broad, conical ; the semicordate pair well shaped, with two little specks, or 
dots in the middle. 
The mouth large. No fangs. A full row of teeth above, and in the under jaw the 
teeth are numerous and close. 
The eyes large, and globular. The nostrils large, and situated on the edge of the rostrum. 
The trunk rather slender in proportion to its length, but cylindrical and well-shaped. 
The tail attenuates gradually to a sharp point. The scales on the neck near the head are 
orbicular ; but from that to the vent they are oblong, or linear ; except a row of large 
hexagonal scales on the ridge of the back, and a similar series on each side of the scuta. 
The linear scales are not continued on the tail, but give place to hexagonal. 
The length three feet eight, of which the tail measures one foot one inch and a half. 
