THE 
FASCtATED SNAKE, 
Generic Character. 
Tranfverfe Lamellce under the abdomen. 
Broad alternate Scales under the tail. 
Specific Character , &c. 
BLUE SNAKE, paler and variegated with 
brighter blue beneath. 
The WAMPUM SNAKE. 
Catejb. Car. 2. t. 58. 
It will readily be perceived by thofe who are con- 
verfant in natural hiftory, that the elegant fnake re- 
prefented on the prefent plate is in reality copied 
from Catefby, with the variation only of pofture: 
it is commonly confidered as the coluber fafeiatus of 
Linnaeus, and is thus quoted, though not without a 
mark of uncertainty, in the Syftema Naturae. If 
the colours of the living animal are really fuch as ex- 
preffed by Catefby, it mu ft certainly be regarded as 
one 
