236 REPTILES. 



re. Half-grown. Mexico. From Mr. Hugo Finck's Collection. 



Was taken in the act of swallowing a Homalocranium semi- 



cinctum one inch longer than itself. 

 o. Young. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 

 p. Young : bad state. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 

 q. Nearly half-grown. Belize. Presented by the Rev. J. 



Gregg. 

 r. Young. Honduras, 

 s. Adult. Sine patria. = b. 

 t, u. Adult and half-grown. Sine patria. 

 v. Adult. Sine patria. Presented by the College of Surgeons. 



Exhibits only sixteen very broad rings. 

 w. Adult. Sine patria. 



x, y. Half-grown. Sine patria. From the Haslar Collection. 

 z. Half-grown. Sine patria. Presented by Mrs. Mauger. = b. 

 a. Half-grown. Sine patria. Mus. Guilding. = b. 

 /3. Half-grown : rather discoloured. Sine patria. 

 y. Young. Sine patria. 



13. Elaps epistema. 



Bum. 8f Bibr. p. 1222. 



Trunk above with ten large, rounded, black, white-edged 

 spots ; tail encircled by three broad black rings. Mexico. 



13. Vermicella, Gray. 



Body elongate, rounded; tail very short; head similar to 

 Elaps ; one nasal, pierced by the nostril ; no loreal, replaced by 

 anterior ocular and nasal; one anterior, two posterior oculars. 

 Scales smooth, not much imbricate, in fifteen rows ; those of the 

 vertebral line not larger; anal and subcaudals bifid. Grooved 

 minute fang in front ; no other tooth behind. Australia. 



Gray, MSS. Brit. Mus. 



This genus shows the remarkable fact, that the Australian 

 Conocerci without smooth teeth behind the fang, are more 

 closely allied to the American Elaps than to the East Indian 

 ones. 



1. Vermicella annulata. 



Snake no. 2, White, Journ. N. S. Wales, 1790, App. p. 259, 

 with fig. Vermicella annulata, Gray, MSS. Brit. Mus. 



Body and tail encircled by alternate white and black rings. 



