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REPTILES. 



x. 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. Sf 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. fy Bibr. p. 1220. 



Muzzle and crown 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, ZooZ.iii.pl. 115. Elaps surina- 

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

 Abbildg. t. 46. f. 9 ; Dum. % 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. 

 fy 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. Parzndaki's Collection. 



d. Adult. Babia. From the Haslar Collection. 



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



