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/. Adult. Pernambuco. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



g. Half-grown. Para. From Mr. Stevens's Collection. 



h. Half-grown. St. Vincent's. Mus. Guilding, as Natrix cincta. 



i. Half-grown. Trinidad. Mus. Guilding, as Natrix zonata. 



k. Adult : head injured. America. 



I. Adult. America. From Mr. Mather's Collection. 



m. Adult. America. Presented by Mr. Chantellier. 



n. Adult. America. From the Haslar Collection. 



o. Half-grown. America. From the Haslar Collection. 



p. Half-grown. America. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



q. Half-grown. America. From M. Parzudaki's Collection. 



r. Half-grown. America. Mus. Guilding, as N. zonata. 



s. Young. America. 



Var. E. marcgravii, Dum. fy Bihr. p. 1209. No white cross 

 band before the eyes. 



t. Very large specimen. Para. From Mr. Stevens's Collection. 

 u. Very large specimen. S. America. From the Collection of 



the Zoological Society. 

 o, w. Adult. Brazil. From Mr. Clausen's Collection. 

 x. Half-grown. Brazil. From Mr. Clausen's Collection. 

 y. Adult. Caraccas. From M. Parzudaki's Collection as E. 



frontalis. 



12. Elaps fulvius. 



Coluber fulvius, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 381; Lacep. Quadr. 

 Ovip. ii. p. 299 ; Latr. Rept. iv. p. 140 ; Baud. Rept. vi. p. 300 ; 

 Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 469. Vipera fulvia, Harl. Journ. Ac. Nut. Sc. 

 Philad. 1827, p. 364, and Med. Phys. Res. 1835, p. 127. Elaps 

 fulvius, Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Audubon, Ornithol. i. pi. 44 ; Holbr. 

 N. Amer. Herpet. iii. pi. 10 ; Baird Sf Girard, Catal. p. 21 ; 

 Dum. <$• Bibr. p. 1215. 



Muzzle and forehead black, a broad yellowish occipital band 

 behind; body encircled by very broad, black, yellow-edged 

 rings. 



a. Adult. N. America. Presented by Edward Doubleday, Esq. 

 b-d. Half-grown. N. America. A black longitudinal streak 



crossing the occipital band. 

 e. Adult. California. Presented by Mrs. Drummond. 

 /. Adult. Texas. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 

 g. Adult. Texas. 



h-k. Adult. Mexico. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 

 /. Many specimens. Mexico. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 

 rn. Half-grown. Mexico. From M. Salle's Collection. 



