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Elaps flaviceps. El. capite Jlavo, dorso nigra vittd serratd 

 alba cceruleo jxtllide nitente utrinque circumdato, caudd Jlavd 

 lined nigrd media divisd ; — abdomine Jlavo lined nigra utrinque 

 incluso. 



Scuta abdominalia 275. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 45. 

 Habitat. Malacca. 



The head yellow, the back with a serrate band on each side, 

 shining with a pale sky-blue colour ; the tail yellow, divided in the 

 middle by a black dorsal line ; the abdominal surface yellow, in- 

 closed on each side by a black line. 



On my late visit to Copenhagen, Professor Reinhard pointed out 

 an undescribed species of Bungarus from Java, preserved in the Royal 

 Museum of Natural History (MSS. Cat., No. 128), which exhibits 

 the same distribution of colours as the Elaps flaviceps, viz. the head 

 and tail of a light yellow, the back bluish-black, the abdominal 

 surface light yellow, the scuta marked with a short black transverse 

 band or check on each side. 



Elaps nigromaculatus. El. superne j)allide brunneo-rubescens, 

 maculis nigris albo-marginatis, lineis 7ugris junctis ; — caudd 

 fasciis duabus nigris albo-marginatis cinctd ; abdomine Jlavo 

 albesce?iti, alterne livido, lined nigrd serratd utrinque incluso. 

 Scuta abdominalia 238. 

 Scuta subcaudalia 24. 

 Habitat. Sincapore. 



Pale reddish brown above, with black white-edged spots, united 

 by black lines ; on the- tail two black bands with white margins ; — 

 the abdominal surface whitish yellow, alternately blue-black, in- 

 closed on both sides by a black serrated line. 



Elaps furcatus*, Schneider, Var. El. superne i^allide brunneo- 

 rubescens, lined dorsali subjlavd nigro serratim marginatd, caudd 

 J'asciis tribus nigris cinctd, abdomine Jlavo albcscenti, lined nigrd 

 utrinque incluso. 



Scuta abdominalia 238. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 24. 

 Habitat. Sincapore. 



Pale reddish brown, above with a light yellow dorsal line, with 

 black serrated margins ; on the tail three black bands ; the abdo- 

 minal surface whitish yellow, inclosed on each side by a black line. 



B. Innocuous Serpents. 

 Genus Calamaria, Linne. 

 Calamaria sagittaria. Cat. partim ci?ierea, partimferruginea, 

 seric dorsali panclorum nigrorum, nucha capiteque albicantibuSf 

 imagine sagiltce nigrce ornatis ; corpore squamis Iccvibus inibri- 

 catim tecto ; abdomine citrino, punctis lateraiibus nigris, vittd 

 lividd utrinque incluso. 



Scuta abdominalia 224. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 69. 

 Habitat. Bengal, Tirhoot. 



* Russell, II., No. xix. 



