234 REPTILES. 



«. Half-grown. America. Presented by Captain E. Barnett. 



White edges rather large. 

 y. Half-grown. America. 



Var. Vipera psyche, Daud. Rept. viii. p. 320. Elaps psyche, 

 Merr. Tent. p. 144 ; Dum. 8f Bibr. p. 1212. Elaps corallinus, 

 var., Kaup, Isis, 1825, pp. 589 & 1089 ; Schleg. Ess. p. 440. 



Back between the rings black ; belly between the rings 

 checkered with black. 



z. Adult. Surinam. From Mr. Frank's Collection, 

 a. Adult. Sine patria. 



9. Elaps occipitalis. 

 Dum. ^ Bibr. p. 1220. 



Muzzle and crowni of head black, with a white cross band 

 before the eyes ; body encircled by equidistant alternate black 

 and white rings, the white of which are much narrower. 



Hab. ? 



a, b. Adult and half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 



10. Elaps surinamensis. 



Seba, ii. 6. 2, 86. 1 ; ? Shaw, Zool. in. pi. 115. Elaps surina- 

 mensis, Cuvier, Regne Anim. ; Schleg. Ess. pi. 16. f. 8, 9, and 

 Abbildg. t. 46. f. 9 ; Dum. Sf Bibr. p. 1224. 



Shields of crown white (in spirits), black-edged ; body en- 

 circled by black rings, always three together, middle one three 

 or four times as large as the other ones. Surinam . 



11. Elaps lemniscatus. 



Seba, i. 10. 1, ii. 27. 2, 34. 3 ; Scheuchz. t. 648. f. 4. Coluber 

 lemniscatus, Linn. Mus. Ad. Fried, i. t. 14. f. 1. Elaps lemnis- 

 catus, Schneid. Hist. Amph. p. 291 ; Cnv. Regne Anim. ; Schleg. 

 Ess. pi. 14. f. 6, 7, and Abbildg. t. 46. f. 15-19 (anatomy); Dum. 

 8f Bibr. p. 1217. Vipera lemniscata, Daud. Rept. vi. p. 13. 227- 



Body encircled by black rings, always three together, middle 

 one broadest. Muzzle and crown between the eyes black, gene- 

 rally with a white cross band before the eyes. 



a. Adult. Brazil. From Mr. Clausen's Collection. 



b. Adult. Brazil. 



c. Half-grown. Brazil. From M. Parzudaki's Collection. 



d. Adult, Bahia. From the Haslar Collection. 



e. Nearly half-grown. Bahia. From the Haslar Collection. 



