104 VENOMS 



Total length, 490 millimetres ; tail 70. 

 Habitat : Eastern Peru. 



(11) E.decoratiis. — Scales in 15 rows; 190 — 218ventrals: 29 — 37 

 subcaudals. 



Colour red, with 15 — 16 sets of black annnli disposed in threes ; 

 head yellow, with end of snout black, and a black band across the 

 eyes. 



Total length, 625 millimetres. 



Habitat : Brazil. 



(12) E.dumerilii.— Scales inloYows; 197— 204 ventrals ; 50—58 

 subcaudals. 



Colour : 8 — 9 sets of three black annuli on red and yellow ; 

 head black, with a yellow band on the occiput. 

 Total length, 410 millimetres ; tail 65. 

 Habitat : Colombia. 



(13) E. coraUinus (The Coral Snake). — Scales in 15 rows ; 

 179 — 231 ventrals ; 30 — 47 subcaudals ; 1 + 1 temporals. 



Colour : Body with black annuli, separated by red interspaces 

 edged with yellow ; head bluish-black ; temples yellow ; a blue line 

 from behind the eye to the lower jaw ; tail white. 



Total length, 790 millimetres ; tail 70. 



Habitat : Tropical South America and Lesser Antilles (St. 

 Thomas, St. Vincent, Martinique). 



(14) E. hcmprichii. — Scales in 15 rows ; 168 — 181 ventrals ; 

 22 — 29 subcaudals ; 1 + 1 temporals. 



Colour: Black, w'ith red or yellow annuli, a broad annulus 

 between the narrow ones ; occiput, upper lip, and temples yellow. 

 Total length, 720 millimetres ; tail (Sb. 

 Habitat : Guianas, Colombia, Peru. 



(15) E. /sf/H<f//«.— Scales in 15 rows ; 207— 221 ventrals; 21—28 

 subcaudals. 



Colour : Body with black annuli broader than the interspaces, 

 disposed in sets ; interspaces red and yellow ; snout and occiput 

 black. 



