232 reptiles. 



6. Elaps maculiceps. 



Crown of head and neck black, symmetrically spotted and 

 striped with yellowish ; above uniform reddish white, sometimes 

 with two series of small black spots ; belly uniform white ; tail 

 with two black rings. 



a. Adult. East Indies. From the Collection of the Zoological 

 Society. 



h. Half-grown. East Indies. From the Collection of the Zoo- 

 logical Society. 



I may add to the above diagnosis, that the species is similar 

 in habit to E. intestinalis ; occipitals rather elongate ; scales in 

 thirteen rows; in the smaller specimen the back is uniform 

 reddish olive ; in the larger one two series of spots, as mentioned ; 

 and the scales with minutely brown-variegated edges. 



7. Elaps hygi^e. 



Seba, ii. 24. 2, 34. 5, 35. 2, 54. I. Coluber lacteus, Linn. 

 Mus. Ad. Fried, i. t. 18. f. 1 ; Lacep. Quadr. Ovip. ii. p. 109 ; 

 Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 42/ ; Cuv. Regne Anim. Cerastes lacteus, 

 Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 83. Coluber hygiae, Shaw, I. c. p. 487- 

 Elaps lacteus, Schneid. Hist. Amph. p. 293 ; Merr. Tent. p. 144. 

 Vipera lactea, Latr. Rept. iv. p. 29. Elaps punctatus. Smith, 

 Edinh. N. Phil. Journ. 1825, p. 2. Elaps hvgiae, Merr.Beitr. i. 

 t. 6; TVagl. Syst. p. 193; Schleg. Ess. pi. 16. f. 14, 15; Smith, 

 III. of S. Afr. App. p. 21 ; Dum. 6f Bibr. p. 1213. 



Crown of head black-spotted, with a rose-coloured medial 

 longitudinal streak. Body yellowish, with more or less regular 

 black spots, sometimes separated by a rose-coloured vertebral 

 band. 



a-c. Adult and half-grown. Cape of Good Hope. Presented 

 by Sir J. Macgregor. 



d. Adult: without head. Cape of Good Hope. From the 



Haslar Collection. • 



e. Adult. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Lady Harvey. 

 /. Adult. Cape of Good Hope. From M. Parzudaki's Col- 

 lection. 



g. Half-grown. Cape of Good Hope. 



h. Half-grown. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Dr. Lee. 



i, k. Half-grown and young. Cape of Good Hope. Presented 



by Mr. Wing. 

 /. Young. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by E. Ford, Esq. 

 m. Adult. South Africa. 

 n. Adult. South Africa. 



