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Elaps FLAVicErs. El. capite Jlavo, dorso nigra vitid serratd 

 alba cceruleo pallide nitentc utrinque circiimdato, caudd Jlavd 

 lined nigrd medid divisd ; — ahdomine Jlavo lined nigrd utrinque 

 incluso. 



Scuta abdominalia 275, 

 SciUella suhcaudalia 45. 

 Habitat, Malacca. 



The head yellow, the back with a serrate band on each side, 

 shining with a pale sky-blue colour ; the tail yellow, divided in the 

 middle by a black dorsal line ; the abdominal surface yellow, in- 

 closed on each side by a black line. 



On my late visit to Copenhagen, Professor Reinhard pointed out 

 an undescribed species of Bungarus from Java, preserved in the Royal 

 Museum of Natural History (MSS. Cat., No. 128), which exhibits 

 the same distribution of colours as the Elaps flaviceps, viz. the head 

 and tail of a light yellow, the back bluish-black, the abdominal 

 surface light yellow, the scuta marked with a short black transverse 

 band or check on each side. 



Elaps nigromaculatus. El. super?ie pallide bnmneo-rubescens, 

 maculis nigris albo-marginatis, lineis nigris junctis ; — caudd 

 fasciis duabus nigris albo-marginatis cinctd ; abdomine Jlavo 

 albescenii, alterne livido, lined nigrd serratd utrinque incluso. 

 Scuta abdominalia 238. 

 Scuta subcaudalia 24. 

 Habitat. Sincapore. 



Pale reddish brown above, with black white-edged spots, united 

 by black lines ; on the tail two black bands with white margins ; — 

 the abdominal surface whitish yellow, alternately blue-black, in- 

 closed on both sides by a black serrated line. 



Elaps furcatus*, Schneider, Var. El. superne j)cillide brunneo- 

 rubescens, lined dorsali subjlavd nigro serratim marginatd, caudd 

 fasciis tribus nigris cinctd, abdoinine Jlavo albescenti, lined nigrd 

 utrinque incluso. 



Scuta abdominalia 238. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 24. 

 Habitat. Sincapore. 



Pale reddish brown, above with a light yellow dorsal line, with 

 black serrated margins ; on the tail three black bands ; the abdo- 

 minal surface whitish yellow, inclosed on each side by a black line. 



B. Innocuous Serpents. i 

 Genus Calamaria, Linne. 

 Calamaria sagittaria. Cal. partim cinerea, jmrtimferrugtneai 

 serie dorsali punctorum nigrorum, nucha capiteque albicantibus, 

 imagine sagittce nigrce ornatis ; corpore squamis Icevibus imbri- 

 catim tecto ; abdomine citrino, punctis lateralibus nigris, vittd 

 lividd utrinque incluso. 



Scuta abdominalia 224. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 69. 

 Habitat. Bengal, Tirhoot. 



* Russell, II., No. xix. 



