241. ELAPS. 419 
‘scarcely larger than fourth, third and fourth entering the eye; 
three or four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 
which are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 
200-211; anal divided; subcaudals 30-45. Black, with narrow 
white rings (one scale and one shield wide), some of which are 
-approximate in pairs, the others equidistant; 41-49 white rings on 
the body, 4 to 7 on the tail; a white ring on the head, crossing the 
parietals. 
Total length 490 millim.; tail 70. 
Eastern Peru. 
a & (V. 200; C. 45). Sarayacu. W. Davis g 
ug eh Veitch | P 
.b. f (V. 201; C. 42). Cueva Blanca. Messrs. Veitch (P] 
11. Elaps decoratus. 
Elaps decoratus, Jan, Rev. § Mag. Zool. 1858, p. 525, and Prodr. 
pl. B (1859) ; Gtinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 85, pl. xviii. fig. A ; 
Jan, Icon. Gén. 42, pl. vi. fig. 4 (1872). 
Eye as long as or a little shorter than its distance from the 
mouth. Rostral nearly as deep as broad; frontal nearly twice as 
broad as the supraocular, not or but slightly longer than broad, as 
lorig 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 pree- and two postoculars ; a single temporal ; seven upper labials, 
third larger than fourth, third and fourth entering the eye, sixth 
very large and forming a suture with the parietal; three or four 
lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as 
long as or shorter than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 
196-213; anal divided; subcaudals 29-37. Body with black 
annuli disposed in threes, the middle one broader, enclosing two 
yellow rings, and separated by broad red, black-dotted interspaces ; 
15 or 16 sets of annuli on the body; head yellow, with the end of 
the snout and a band passing through the eyes black. 
Total length 625 millim. 
Brazil. 
a, 3 (V. 205; C.?). Rio Janeiro. Mrs. Fry [P.]. 
b. 5 (V. 202; C.?). Brazil. Dr. Gardiner [C.]}. 
ce. 6 (V. 196; C.?). Brazil. 
12. Elaps dumerilii. 
Elaps marcgravi (non Wied), Dum. & Bibr. vii. p. 1209 (1854). 
—— dumerilii, Jan, Rev. § Mag. Zool. 1858, p. 522, Prod. pl. A 
(1859), and Icon. Gén. 42, pl. i. “fig. 3 (1872). 
Eye measuring two thirds its distance from the mouth. Rostral 
nearly as deep as broad; frontal broader than the supraocular, once 
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