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whitish longitudinal band on each side. Head and belly uniform 

 red (in spirits yellowish). 



a. Adult. Penang. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



b. Adult. India. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



c. Adult. Java. 



d. e. Adult. East Indies. Presented by the Hon. East India 



Company. 



4. Elaps univirgatus. 



Crown of head and neck black, with a broad yellowish cross 

 band behind the eyes ; reddish brown, with a narrow black ver- 

 tebral line reaching the tip of tail ; belly with black cross bands, 

 sometimes extending on the sides. 



Two varieties : — 



a. Adult: injured. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Description of the specimen. — Body rather slender, tail short ; 

 head short, with not much elongate occipitals ; vertical with five 

 angles, a rather convex front edge, and an acute angle behind. 

 Scales in thirteen rows. Crown of head black, with a white 

 cross band behind the eyes, extending to angle of mouth ; above 

 reddish brown, with a narrow black vertebral line from the neck 

 to the tip of tail, occupying only one series of scales ; beneath 

 yellowish, along the middle of belly square black spots. Length 

 of cleft of mouth \" ; length of tail \\" ; total length 18". 



b. Adult. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Differs from former in the coloration : the yellowish cross band 

 on the crown is very broad, enclosing the entire vertical and two- 

 thirds of the occipitals ; belly with uninterrupted black cross bands, 

 extending on the sides of back, so as to cover the scales of the 

 four outer rows and to give the appearance of a lateral series of 

 large black spots. The three last cross bands of the trunk form 

 complete rings, crossing the longitudinal line ; tail with three com- 

 plete black rings, as generally in the East Indian Elaps. Length 

 of cleft of mouth f " ; length of tail 2J-" ; total length 2G\" . 



5. Elaps calligaster. 



Elaps calligaster, Wiegmann, N. Act. 1835, t. 25. f. 2 ; Bum. 

 § Bibr. p. 122(i. Elaps collaris, (Boie) Schley, Ess. ii. p. 448, 

 and Abbildg. t. 46. f. 10, 11. 



Above brownish black, with more or less distinct, very narrow, 

 white, striolated cross bands ; muzzle with some white spots ; 

 belly red (in spirits white) with black cross bands. 



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



