106 VENOMS 



Total length, 430 millimetres : tail 85. 

 Habitat: Peru. 



(16) E. dlssolencus. — Scales in 15 rows; 200 ventrals : 19 snb- 

 caiidals. 



Coloration as in foregoing species. 

 Total length, 1,070 millimetres ; tail 85. 

 Habitat : Venezuela. 



(17) E. fulvius (Harlequin, or Coral Snake, fig. 06). — Scales in 

 15 rows ; 180—287 ventrals ; 30—59 subcandals. 



Colour : Body with black, red, and yellow annuli ; tail with 

 black and yellow annuli ; snout black. 



Total length, 990 millimetres ; tail 85. 



Habitat : Eastern North America, from Southern Virginia, the 

 Ohio River, and the Missouri to the Kio Grande, Mexico, Central 

 America. 



(18) ^. ^),s/y(7/r.s.— Scales in 15 rows; 188— 214 ventrals ; 32—47 

 subcaudals. 



Colour: Body with alternate black and brown annuli, and 48 — 52 

 narrow yellow rings ; head black, blotched with yellow. 

 Total length, 495 millimetres; tail 80. 

 Habitat: (luianas. 



(19) E. .s;/)/>//. — Scales m 15 rows ; 201—219 ventrals ; 22—29 

 subcaudals. 



Colour red, with 20 — 88 black rings disposed in threes ; a black 

 occipital collar, followed by a wide red space. 

 Total length, 1,400 millimetres ; tail 70. 

 Habitat : Venezuela and Northern Brazil. 



(20) E. frontalis.— ficales in 15 rows ; 197—230 ventrals ; 

 15 — 26 subcaudals. Tail ending very obtusely. 



Colour : Body with black annuli disposed in threes, with red and 

 yellow interspaces ; head black, spotted with yellow or red. 

 Total length, 1,850 millimetres ; tail 70. 

 Habitat : Southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina. 



(21) E. marcgravii. — Scales in 15 rows ; 210—240 ventrals ; 

 23 — 42 subcaudals. 



