230 REPTILES. 



1. ElAPS INTESTINALIS. 



Seba, ii. 77- 6 ; Russ. Ind. Serp. ii. pi. 19. Aspis intestinalis, 

 Laur. Syn. Amph. p. 1 06. Coluber intestinalis, Gm. Syst. Nat. 

 p. 1085. Elaps furcatus, Schneid. Hist. Amph. p. 303; Schley. 

 Ess. pi. 16. f. 12, 13, and Abbildg. t. 46. f. 1-8 ; Cant. Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 34, and Catal. p. 107 ; Bum. ^ Bibr. p. 1228. 

 Vipera furcata, Daud. Rept. vi. p. 22. 



Brownish olive, with three yellowish longitudinal bands, the 

 medial one forked on the head ; belly with large black cross bands. 



a. Adult. Penang. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



b. Young: injured. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, 



Esq. 



c. Adult. Java. From M. Parzudaki's Collection. 



d. Adult. Asia. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



e,f. Adult and half-grown. East Indies. Presented by the 

 Hon. East India Company. 



Var. The black cross bands of the belly extending round the 

 whole body, breaking up the vertebral band, interrupted by two 

 brownish-olive (ground colour) longitudinal bands. 



/. Adult. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



2. Elaps gracilis. 



Calliophis gracilis. Gray, Ind. Zool. pi. f. 1-3 (dentition in- 

 correct) ; Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 451, nota. Elaps nigro-maculatus, 

 Cantor, Catal. pi. 40. f. 7- 



Body cylindric, very slender. Above olive, with nine, five, or 

 three narrow black longitudinal lines : vertebral line very distinct ; 

 one on each side of back not very distinct ; three on each side of 

 belly, sometimes confluent. On each side of the vertebral line 

 pairs of large black spots. Belly yellowish, with broad black 

 cross bands. 



a. Adult. India. From the Haslar Collection. 



b. Adult. India. Presented by the Hon. East India Company. 



3. Elaps bivirgatus. 



Elaps bivirgatus, (Boie) Schlegel, Ess. pi. 16. f. 10, 11, and 

 Abbildg. t. 47 ; Dum. 4* Bibr. p. 1230. Elaps flaviceps. Cantor, 

 Catal. p. 109. Doliophis flaviceps, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. 

 Philad. 1857, p. 182. 



Body cylindric, excessively slender. Black above, with a 



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