234 COLUBRID, 
with the parietal ; five lower labials in contact with the chin-shields, 
which are equal in size ; first lower labial in contact with its fellow 
behind the symphysial. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 199; anal 
divided; subcaudals 47. Yellowish above, with three dark brown 
longitudinal streaks ; anterior half of head blackish, posterior half 
yellow, with a black cross-band behind the parietals; lower parts 
white. | 
Total length 403 millim. ; tail 63. 
Habitat unknown. 
2. Apostolepis assimilis. 
Elapomorphus assimilis, Reinh. Vidensk. Meddel. 1869, p. pas 3 iv. 
figs. 1-5 (1861) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 45, and 
Icon. Gén. 14, pr i. fig. 4 (1865) ; Strauch, Bull. Ac. St. Pétersb. 
xxix. 1884, p, 586. 
Snout feebly projecting; eye small, its diameter equalling its 
distance from the oral margin. Rostral a little broader than deep, 
just visible from above ; frontal about once and three fifths as long as 
broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than 
the parietals; nasal not in contact with the prwocular; a single 
postocular ; six upper labials, second and third entering the eye, 
fifth in contact with the parietal ; five lower labials in contact with 
the chin-shields, first in contact with its fellow behind the sym- 
physial, fifth largest; chin-shields subequal in size. Scales in 15 
rows, Ventrals 265; anal divided; subcaudals 33. Red above; 
head and nape black, separated by a white collar; prefrontals, 
nasal, and fourth upper labial white; end of tail black; lower 
parts white. 
Total length 530 millim. ; tail 50. 
Minas Geraes, Brazil. 
3. Apostolepis flavitorquata. 
Elapomorphus flavotorquatus, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 836 (1854); 
ichen, in Casteln. Anim. Nouv. Amér, Sud, . p. 55, pl. x 
(1855) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys, ii, 1862, p. 48, and Icon. Gén. 
14, pl. i. fig. 8 (1865) ; Strauch, Bull, Ae, St Pétersb. xxix. 1884, 
Agpkolepla flavotorquata, Cope, Proc, Ac. Philad. 1861, p. 524. 
Snout feebly projecting ; eye minute. Rostral as deep as broad, 
the portion visible from above measuring about two thirds its 
distance from the frontal ; latter shield once and a half as long as 
broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than 
the parietals, which are twice as long as broad; nasal in contact 
with the prwocular; a single postocular; six upper labials, second 
and third entering the eye, fourth and fifth in contact with the 
parietal ; five lower labials in contact with the chin-shields, which 
are subequal in size; first lower labial in contact with its fellow 
behind the symphysial. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 250; anal 
