168 SYSTK.M VTIC LIST AND .SYNONYMY. 



TOXICOPHID I A (Venomous Snakes) 104 



PRUTEROGLYPIIA 104 



CONOCERCA 104 



KL.vriDAK IW 



(ithr., 1,858, Cat., 209. 



El,.M':. 104 



SiliiUM.ltT, 1801, Hist. Amph., II, 289. 



Elai-s kulvius ("Harlequin 8nake") 105 



Cuvier, 1817, Regn. Anim., II, 84; Fit/.., 1820, Neue Class., Gl ; Ilulbr., 

 18:iS, Herp., II, 87, pi. 18, - 1842, Ilerp., Ill, 40, pi. X; B. & G., 

 1853, Serp., 21; D. & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 1215; Gthr., 1.858, Cat., 235; 

 Bd., P. K. R. Rep., X, pi. 25, f. 15; Cope, 1859, Pr. Pliil. Ac, 344, — 

 1875, Checklist, 34, — 1880, Bull. 20, U. S. JIus., 23; Jan, 18.59, Rev. 

 & Mag. Zo5I. (Extr., p. 6), — 18G3, Sist., 113, — 1872, Icon., livr. 42, 

 pi. 2, f. 1; Dum. Boc, 1874, Miss. Sei. Mex., pi. 23; Audubon, Orni- 

 thol., I, pi. 44. Coluber fiihiiis Linn., 17G6, .Syst., I, 381 ; CJmel., 1788, 

 Syst. Linn., I, 1104; Latr., 1802, Rept., IV, 140; Sliaw, 1802, Zool., 

 Ill, 409; Daud., 1803, Rept., VI, 300; Say, 1825, Am. Jour. Sci., I, 

 262. ripera futvia Harl., 1827, Jour. Phil. An., 364, — 1835, Med. 

 Res., 127. Le Noire etfauve LaC, 1789, Quad. Ovip. et Serp., II, 299. 

 ? Elajis fulcius var. hypostema Jan. 1803, Sist., 113. 



Southern States east of the Mississippi. 



Var. NioHOCiNCTUs 106 



Flaps niijrocinchis Grd., 1854, Pr. Pliil. Ac., 220, — 18.55, GiUiss' Exp., 

 II, 210; Cope, 1859, Pr. Pliil. Ac., 345; Riimichrast, 1881, Bull. Soc. 

 Zoiil. de France, 184. E. divartcatm Hall., 1855, Jour. Phil. Ac, 36. 

 E. fitzinged Jan, 1859, Rev. & ^lag. Zoul, pp. 5 and 10. E. fulvhts 

 Wir. JiUingeri Jan, 1803, Sist., 113, — 1872, Icon., livr. 42, pi. 2, f. 3. 



Central America to Mexico. 



Var. .VKIISLS 100 



Jan, 1863, Sist, 113, — 1872, Icon., livr. 42, pi. 1, f. 2. Elaps affinis 

 Jan, 18.')9, Rev. & Mag. ZoGl., pp. and 14, pi. B, f. 2. 



Mexico. 



Var. nii'irNcnoER 



Ehps bipnndigrr D. & B., 18.54, Erp., VII, 1227. Elnpx distam Kcnn., 

 1800, Pr. Pliil. Ac, .338; Cope, 1875, Cliecklist, 34. E. omalmimm 

 J(in, 18.59, Rev. & Mnjf. Z<ioI. (Extr. i)p. 5 and 10, pi. A, f. 3), — 1863, 

 Si»t, 11.3, — 1872, Icon., livr. 42, pi. 1, f. 1. 



Scales nnicolor. Throat white, perhaps yelhiwisli in lifi. Vertex 

 black, followed V\v 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 ventruls. Muzzle without n black spot. The 

 name bipunctigcr was given on account of o couple of liglit-colored 

 ■pots in the black of the crown. Tip of tail black. 



Mexico; Florido. 



