190, ELAPOMORPHUS. 241 
a, b. 2 (V.179; C. 35) & Bahia. Dr. O. Wucherer [C.]. 
her. 2 (V. 183; ©. 35). (Types.) 
ce. Yg. (V. 176; C. 41). Bahia. Dr. O. Wucherer (0) 
d. Her. 9 (V. 181; C, 34). Bahia. | Lord Walsingham [P.]. 
3. Elapomorphus lepidus. 
Elapomorphus lepidus, Reinh. Vidensk. Meddel. 1860, p. 239, pl. iv. 
figs. 6-9 (1861); Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 46, and 
Icon, Gén. 14, pl. iii. fig. 2 (1865); Strauch, Bull. Ac. St. Pétersb. 
xxix. 1884, p. 558. 
wuchereri, part., Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (8) vii. 1861, 
p- 415, fig., and Proc, Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 15, fig.; Strauch, 1. ¢. 
. 555. 
Aeostaiogla lepida, Cope, Proc, Ac, Philad. 1861, p. 524. 
Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals 
shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal a little longer than broad, as 
long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 
parietals, which are not twice as long as broad; one pre- and two 
(exceptionally one) postoculars ; temporals 1+ 1; six upper labials, 
second and third entering the eye; four lower labials in contact 
with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or a little 
longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows, Ventrals 190-234; 
anal divided; subcaudals 30-45. Pale brown above, with three 
more or less distinct darker longitudinal lines; snout, vertex, and 
nape black; back of head and temples yellowish white ; lower parts 
whitish. 
Total length 500 millim.; tail 55. 
Brazil. 
a,b. 3 (V. 204; C. 45) & O Bahia. Dr. O. Wucherer [C.]. 
V. 201; ©. 33). (Types of EL. wucherer?.) 
ce. Hgr. (V. 190; C. 30). Brazil. Dr. Gardiner [P. ]. 
4, Elapomorphus tricolor. 
Elapomorphus tricolor, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 837 (1854) ; Jan, Arch. 
Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 44, and Icon. Gén. 14, pl. ii. fig. 2 
(1865); Strauch, Bull. Ac. St. Pétersb. xxix. 1884, p. 565; Boettg. 
Abh. Nat. Ges. Niirnb. viii. 1891, p. 91; Peracca, Boll. Mus. 
Torino, x. 1895, no, 195, p. 21. 
Phalotris tricolor, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad, 1861, p. 524. 
Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above; suture 
between the internasals one third to one half the length of the 
single prefrontal; frontal once and a half as long as broad, as long 
as its distance from the end of the snout, much shorter than the 
parietals, which are at least twice as long as broad; one pra- and 
two (rarely one) postoculars; temporals 1+1; six upper labials, 
second and third entering the eye; four lower labials in contact 
with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or a little 
shorter than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Yentrals 202-240; 
VoL, III. R 
