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which it is entirely distinct in the arrangement of its teeth; there being in the 

 Coluber elapsoides, palate and maxillary teeth, and no fangs. The disposition of 

 the colour, too, is different, as may be seen on a careful examination; for in the 

 Elaps fulvius we have certainly a crimson groundwork and black rings, but each 

 black ring is bordered with a smaller yellow one, both anteriorly and posteriorly. 

 Should, however, this animal be the Couleuvre ecarlate (Coluber coccineus) of 

 Bosc, still his name cannot be retained, as it is preoccupied by the Coluber 

 coccineus of Linnaeus. 



