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77. Elaps frontalis Dumeril & Bibron. 



Flaps frontalis Dumeril & Bibron, Erp. Gen., VII, 1854, p. 1223. 

 Elaps frontalis Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, III, 1896, p. 427. 



This species is represented by a female (No. 356) taken at Sete Lagoas by Mr. 

 J. D. Haseman, May 4, 1908. 



Counts and Measurements. 



(No. 356.) 



Anal 1/1 



Scale-rows 15 



Gastrosteges 226 



Urosteges 21/21 



Upper labials 7(3.4) 



Preoculars '. 1 



Postoculars 2 



Temporals 1,1 



Total length in nun 726 



Length of tail in mm 38 



78. Elaps hoUandi* sp. nov. (Plate XXVIII, figs. 10-12.) 



Seven upper labials, third and fourth bordering the orbit, the sixth largest, 

 seventh next in size; rostral just visible from above; internasals about half as long 

 as the prefrontals; first lower labials in contact behind the symphysial; posterior 

 nasal in contact with the preocular. Eye slightly longer than its distance from 

 the mouth; frontal considerably shorter than the parietals, shorter than its distance 

 from the end of the snout, once and a half as long as broad, hexagonal, considerably 

 wider than the supraocular; parietals longer than their distance from the inter- 

 nasals; rostral nearly twice as broad as deep; one pre- and two postoculars; temporals 

 1, 1, both large and broad; four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

 shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Tail short, rather bluntly pointed. 



Scales in 15 rows; anal divided; gastrosteges 185-204; urosteges in 17-22 pairs. 



Body and tail with black annuli arranged in threes, a few of the scales of the 

 interspaces tipped with black. The central black annulus is little wider than the 

 other two, covering four to five and a half gastrosteges while the narrower annuli 

 cover three to four. On No. 206 the three annuli of the tail are similar to those of 

 the body; on No. 207 there are but two caudal annuli. The upper and lower 

 surfaces of the head are black as far as the fourth series of scales back of the pa- 

 rietals; the black of the upper surface is broken by a narrow yellow band passing 



* Named in honor of Dr. W. J. Holland, Director of the Carnegie Museum, whose kind interest has 

 stimulated so many scientific workers. 



