1G8 SYSTEMATIC Lisr AND SYNONYMY. 

 TOXICOPHIDIA (Venomous Snakes) 104 



PROTEROGLYPHA 104 



CONOCERCA 104 



ELAPIDAB 104 



Gthr., 1858, Cat., 209. 



Elaps 104 



Schneider, 1801, Hist. Amph., II, 280. 



Elaps fulvius ("Harlequin Snake") 105 



Cuvier, 1817, Regn. Anim., II, 84; Fit/.., L828, tteue Class., lil ; Holbr., 

 L838, llerj)., II, 87, pL 18, - 1842, Herp., Ill, 40, pi. X; B. & G., 

 L853,Serp.,21; D. & V,., 1854, Erp., VII, 1215; Gthr., 1858, Cat., 235; 

 11.1. , P. K. E. Rep., X, pi. 25, f. 15; Cope, 1859, IV. Phil. Ac, 344, — 

 1875, Checklist, 34, — 1880, Bull. 20, U. S. Mns., 23; Jan, 1859, Rev. 

 & Mag. Zool. (Extr., p. 6), — 1863, Sist., 113, — 1872, Icon., livr. 42, 

 pi. 2, f. 1; Dam. BoC, 1874, Miss. Sci. Mex., pi. 23; Audubon, Orni- 

 thol., I, pL 44. ( 'oluber fulviva Linn., 1766, Syst., I, 381 ; Gmel., 1788, 

 Syst. Linn., 1, 1104; Latr., 1802, Rept., IV, 140; Shaw, 1802, Zool., 

 Ill, 469; Baud., 1803, Rept., VI, 300; Say. 1825, Am. Jour. Sci., I, 

 202. Vipera fulvia Harl., 1827, .lour. Phil. Ac, 304, — 1885, Med. 

 Res., 127. Le Noire etfauve LaC., 1789, Quad. <>vip. et Serp., II, 299. 

 ? EUij'.< fulvius var. hypoetema Jan. 1863, Sist., 113. 



Southern States east of the Mississippi. 



Var. NIGKOCINCTtJS 106 



Elaps nigrocinetw Grd., 1854, Pr. Phil. Ac, 226, — 1855, Gilliss' Exp., 

 11,210; Cope, 1859, Pr. Phil. Ac, 345; Sumichrast, 1881, Hull. Soc 

 Zool.de France, 184 /.'. divai •icatus Hall., 1855, Jour. Phil. Ac, 36. 

 E. jii-iiKj' H Jan, 1859, Rev. & Mag. Zool, pp. 5 and 10. E. fulvius 

 vat.jtizingeri Jan, 1863, Sist., 113, — 1872, [con., livr. 42, pi. 2, f. 3. 



Central America to Mexico. 



Var. affinis 106 



Jan, 1863, Sist., 113, — 1872, Icon., livr. 12, pi. 1, f. 2. Elaps affinis 

 Jan, 1850, Rev. & .Mag. Zool., pp. 6 and 14, pi. B, f. 2. 



Mexico. 



Var. bipunctigeb 



Elaps Upundiger l». & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 1227. Elaps d!aln>ix Kenn., 

 18G0, Pr. Phil. Ac, 338; Cope, 1875, Checklist, 34. E. ornatissimta 

 Jan, 1859, Rev. <& Mag. Zool. I Extr. pp. 5 and 10, pi. A, f. 3), — 1863, 

 Sist, U3, — 1872, Ic.n., livr. 42, pi. I, I'. 1. 



Scales unicolor. Throat white, perhaps yellowish in life. Vertex 

 black, followed by a collar of white or red. The specimen described 

 had forty-three circles of white or red. The rings were narrow, occu- 

 pying but two of the ventrals. Muzzle without a black spot. The 

 name bipunctiger was given on account of a couple of light-colored 

 Spots in the black of the crown. Tip of tail black. 



Mexico; Florida. 



