184 OPHIDIA. 
_ 2. Klaps bernardi. 
Elaps bernardi, Cope, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 82; 1887, p. 87. 
Hab: Muxico, Zacualtipan in Hidalgo (Bernard). 
I have not seen a specimen of this snake. 
3. Elaps agleope. 
Elaps agleope, Cope, Proc. Ac. N. Se. Phil. 1859, p. 344; ? Sumichrast, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1880, 
p. 184. 
Elaps fulvius (agleope), Salv. P. Z. 8. 1860, p. 458. 
Elaps corallinus, var., A. Dugés, La Naturaleza, vii. p. 201 (1885). 
Hab. * Mexico, Tehuantepec (Sumichrast) ; GuateMALA, Lanquin in Vera Paz (Salvin), 
Peten (Berendt) ; Honpuras (Cope). 
This may be regarded as another of the numerous variations of EF. fulvius, in which 
the black bands are very narrow and numerous, alternating with incomplete bands, 
which generally are merely transverse series of black spots. I keep it distinct, as the 
passage from this extreme form to the typical H. fulvtws is much less complete than 
between the other variations. 
4, Klaps ephippifer. 
Elaps agleope, Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 1869, p. 162 (nec 1859). 
Elaps ephippifer, Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 1886, p. 281. 
Hab. Mexico, Pacific side of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Sumichrast). 
Not seen by me; possibly a colour-variation of EL. fulvius. 
5. Hlaps multifasciatus. 
? Elaps mipartitus, Dum. & Bibr. Erpét. vii. p. 1220. 
Elaps mipartitus, Gunth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1889, iv. p. 172. 
Elaps semipartitus, Jan, Iconogr. Ophid. xlii. t. 2. fig. 1. 
Elaps multifasciatus, Jan, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1858, p. 521; Cope, Proc. Ac. N, Sc. Phil. 1871, 
p- 209. 
Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Mus. Brit.); Costa Rica (Van Patten); Panama (Mus. 
Brit.) —Co.tomsta, Bogota ; VENEZUELA, Caracas. 
The snakes referable to the names quoted above are extremely similar to one another 
as far as coloration is concerned, but they differ in the shape of the body, or number of 
ventral shields, in an extraordinary degree, although the extremes seem to be bridged 
over by intermediate forms. It is unfortunate that Duméril and Bibron have omitted 
to give the number of ventrals for their £. mipartitus. 
