418 COLUBRID. 
ack; a more or less distinct black band on the head passing 
through the eye and across the supraocular and frontal shields; a 
large black spot on each parietal shield. 
Total length 900 millim.; tail 40. 
Eastern Ecuador, Eastern Peru, Bolivia. 
“Sih | (V. 218; C. 16). Canelos, Ecuador. Mr. Buckle ir 
bec 9 (V. 219, 214,210; Moyobamba, Peru. Mr. A. H. rO.}. 
©. 16, 17, 18). 
ao (V. 219; C, 23). Jungas, Bolivia. 
9. Elaps elegans. 
Elaps elegans, Jan, Rev. § Mag. Zool. 1858, p. 524, Fra pl. B 
(1859), and Icon. Gén. 42, pl. v. fig. 2 (1872). 
Eye nearly as long as its distance from the mouth. Rostral 
much broader than deep; frontal broader than the supraocular, 
once and a half to once and two thirds as long as broad, as long as 
its distance from the end of the snout, slightly shorter than the 
parietals ; latter as long as their distance from the internasals ; one 
pre- and two postoculars; temporals 1+1,; seven upper labials, 
third larger than fourth, third and fourth entering the eye; four 
lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 
shorter than the posterior. Scalesin 15 rows. Ventrals 189-221 ; 
anal divided ; subcaudals 29-47. Body with black annuli disposed 
in threes, subequal in size, separated, within each set, by two series 
of alternately black and yellow scales; the sets, 12 to 17 in number, 
narrowly separated by reddish-brown interspaces which may be 
divided by a black cross-bar ; head black, with a yellow blotch on 
each side behind the eye, widening on the lip. 
Total length 730 millim. ; tail 70. 
Mexico and Guatemala. 
a-b. 3 (V. cae se 40) & Huatuzco, Vera Cruz. F. D. Godman, Esq. 
). 
2 (V.2 
ce fo (V. 205° C. 47). Teapa, Tabasco. “Godman, Esq. 
a 2 rhe 221, 220; Vera Paz, low forest. O. 7 Bi Esq. [C.]. 
35, ?) 
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10. Elaps annellatus. 
Elaps annellatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. one 
ie (1 imperator, var., Cope, Journ, Ac. PBled. (2) viii. 1876, 
81, 
Eye as long as its distance from the mouth. Rostral a little 
broader than deep; frontal nearly twice as broad as the supra- 
ocular, slightly longer than broad, as long as its distance from the 
end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; latter as long 
as their distance from the internasals; one prm- and two post- 
oculars; temporals 1+1; seven upper labials, third not or but 
