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in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as the 
posterior. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 218; anal entire; sub- 
caudals 26. Above with dark brown cross-bands, continuous with 
the black ventral bars, separated by narrower yellowish interspaces 
and divided by two pale reddish-brown stripes; beneath, barred 
black and yellow (red?); head brown above, with a few small 
yellow spots; a black blotch on each side, involving the eye and 
edged with yellow. 
Total length 480 millim.; tail 35. 
Philippine Islands. 
a. 3 (V. 218; C. 26). Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. (Type.) 
239. FURINA. 
Fig. 28. 
Skull of Furina occipitalis, 
Furina, part., Dum. § Bibr. Mém, Ac. Se. xiii. 1858, p. 517, and Erp. 
Gén. vii. p. 1236 (1854). 
Elaps, part., Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gén. vii. p. 1191; Jan, Elenco sist. 
Yfid, p. 112 (1863). 
Brachysoma, Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 228 (1858). 
Vermicella, Giinth. 1. ¢. p. 236, and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 87 ; 
Krefft, Sn. Austral p. 78 (1869). 
Homaloselaps, Jan, Rev. § Mag. Zool. 1858, p. 518. 
Furina, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. 1. (8) xi. (1863), pp. 28 & 24; 
Krefft, l. c. p. 50. 
Neelaps, Giinth. 1. c. p. 24. 
Pseudelaps, part., Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 115. 
