106 VENOMS 
Total length, 430 millimetres ; tail 35. 
Habitat: Peru. 
(16) E. dissoleucus.—Scales in 15 rows; 200 ventrals ; 19 sub- 
caudals. 
Coloration as in foregoing species. 
Total length, 1,070 millimetres ; tail 35. 
Habitat : Venezuela. 
(17) H. fulvius (Harlequin, or Coral Snake, fig. 66).—Scales in 
15 rows ; 180—237 ventrals ; 30—59 subcaudals. 
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 Rio Grande, Mexico, Central 
America. 
(18) Æ. psyches.—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 : Guianas. 
(19) EH. spixii.—Scales in 15 rows ; 201—219 ventrals ; 22—929 
subcaudals. 
Colour red, with 20—38 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) HE. frontalis.—Scales 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) BH. marcgravii.—Scales in 15 rows; 210—240 ventrals ; 
23—42 subcaudals. 
