42 
DESCRIPTION OF 
No. XXXVI. 
t 
COLUBER. 
A bdominal Scuta 2341 
[ 323 . 
Sub-caudal Squama 8 7 J 
Called by the natives Katla Vyrien. 
The head a little broader than the neck, oblong-ovate, depressed, covered with ten 
laminae, including that in front of the rostrum: the anterior pair between the nostrils, 
roundish ; the next pair, larger, angular; the shield-form lamina short, obtuse; the lateral, 
semi-conical; tire posterior pair, inverted cones. 
The mouth middling size; the lower jaw shorter than the upper. The teeth small, reflex; 
two palatal rows, and one marginal, in the upper jaw. 
The eyes lateral, orbicular, prominent. The nostrils very small, close on the margin of 
the rostrum. 
Trunk; the back earinated, the belly flat; the scales sub-orbicular, smooth, close, imbri¬ 
cate. The length, one foot five inches; circumference near the head, three fourths of an 
inch ; thickest part of the trunk, one inch and one fourth; it then tapers rapidly. The tail 
measures three inches and a half; is very small, particularly near the end, and terminates 
in a sharp point. 
Colour; there is a yellow spot on the occiput, or beginning of the neck, but the rest of the 
head, the neck, and part of the back, are of a dark-brown colour, which gradually growing 
lighter, becomes, in approaching the tail, of a yellowish-brown. From the head to the ex¬ 
tremity of the tail, there are found about thirty-six transverse bands, in shape resembling 
a dice-box; they are of a dusky yellowish-white, sprinkled with brown dots, The scuta (if 
not changed by the spirits,) are of the same colour as the bands. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
This snake was sent to me from Vellore, by Mr. Duffin, and supposed to be the Cobra 
Monil; but the want of poisoning organs showed it was not. 
No. XXXVII. 
COLUBER. 
Abdominal Scuta 2 4 3 
Sub-caudal Squama 82 
Called also by the natives Katla Vyrien. 
The head broader than the neck, roundish, short, obtuse, covered with nine lamina?: the 
first two pair nearly equal in size, oblong-square, transverse; the middle lamina between 
the eyes, square; the two posterior laminae, truncate. 
