^^6 AMPHIBIA. SERPENTS. 9.Angu!s 
g. ANGUIS. Scales on the belly : 
under the tail. 
Striatus. Scales of the belly 179 ; of the tail 7. 
Body furrounded with tranivcrle lines.^ 
Meleagris. Scales of the belly 165 ; of the tail 32, 
Inhabits South America and India ; refeinbles 
Glaucous with numerous longitudinal rows of black ® 
2. Dotted with brown. 
3. Tail very lohg. 
Colubdnus Scales of the belly 180 ; of the tail 18. 
Inhabits Varied with brown and pale ochre*' 
MiliarU, Scales of the belly 170; of the tail 32. 
■ Inhabits near the Cajpian Sea ; inches long, and as 
the little finger ; black with numerous pale' Icales ct 
the fides, and grey ones on the back. 
Head grey, fprinkled with black ; tail 2 inches Ion?’, 
thinner than the body, cylindrical, obtufe, vaiie“ 
white. 
Jaculus. Scales of the belly 186 ; of the tail 23. 
Inhabits Egypt. Abdominal fcales a little broader. 
Macailitrw Abdominal fcales 200; fubcaudal 12. ' , 0' 
Inhabits America ; above yellow with a brown dof^ 
and linear bands. 
2. DeculTate with red bands dotted with black. 
Inhabits Afia. 
Reticula- 
tU-f. 
Scales of the belly 
Inhabits America. 
177 ; of the tail 37. 
Scales browu with a white dilk. 
Cerajles. Abdominal fcales 200; fubcaudal ic 
Inhabits Egypt. 
Nafutus. Scales of the belly 218 j of the tail 12. ^ 1 ^' 
