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Raclitia ; body cylindrical ; scales smooth ; vertebral shield rather 
small ; anterior shield of forehead small, triangular ; a bridle shield ; 
one small anterior, and long posterior eye shield ; tail short, conical ; 
R. indica, from India. 
Higina ; body cylindrical ; scales smooth ; abdominal shields rather 
small ; an anterior broad, two posterior smaller eye shields ; no bridle 
shield : H. fasciata, from Demerara. 
Fordonia; head broad posteriorly; three forehead shields, the an- 
terior elongated ; between the nasal shields no bridle shield ; body 
compressed; tail short: F. leucohalia {Homalopsis leucdbalia, Schlegel). 
Miralia ; Type, Brachyorros alternans, Reus {Homalopsis decus- 
sata, Schlegel). 
Farancia ; anterior forehead shields united into a triangular cross 
plate ; posterior forehead shield broad ; nasal fossae sideways, small, in 
the midst of a four-sided shield ; an anterior and two posterior ocular 
shields ; body fusiform ; scales smooth ; tail conical : F. Drummondii, 
from California. 
Lastly, Gray, in the same work, p. 68, has given a synopsis of the 
family Viperidce. Twenty-one species form the eight genera of this 
family, of which two genera and three species inhabit Asia ; four genera 
and twelve species, Africa ; two genera and four species, Europe ; and 
one genus with one species, Australia ; one genus, Echis, has both an 
African and an Indian species. 
Gray’s genus Daboia, has for type the Vipera daboia, Baud ; agreeing 
with it, D. Russelii, Russ., Ind. Serp. t. 32 ; and D. pulchella of Ceylon. 
Coluber isabellinus, Freyer, 1. c. p. 42 ; isabella-yellow ; eyes red ; 
head has eleven small shields ; upper jaw edged with seventeen, under 
jaw with twenty-one small shields ; abdominal shields 221 ; tail shields 
eighty-two ; length 2'' 6" ; length of tail 5^" ; at Feistenberg in Lower 
Krain. 
Tropidonotus australis, Gray ; Zoological Miscellany, p. 54 ; from 
the north coast of New Holland. 
Galamaria fabce de Filippi, 1. c. p. 176 ; head small, not broke oft' 
from the trunk ; the bridle shield, which is usually wanting in Cala- 
maria, is present in this species ; back scales bay, with somewhat brighter 
margin ; belly white, with many alternating square spots ; both anterior 
forehead shields white ; allied to Cal. Linncei : habitat unknown, 
Lycodon reticulatus, and L. olivaceus, Gray ; Zoological Miscellany, 
p, 54 : both from Australia. 
Dendrophis ( Ahetulla ) fusca and olivacea, id. ib. : from same place. 
Flaps ornatus, id. ib. ; whitish, the scales of back and sides bordered 
black: Australia. 
Naja australis, id. ib. ; bright brown, brighter beneath ; only two 
posterior eye shields. 
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