420 COLUBRID. 
and three fourths as long as broad, longer than its distance from 
the end of the snout, as long as the parietals; latter as long as 
their distance from the internasals ; one pre- and two postoculars ; 
temporals 1+1; seven upper labials, third a little larger than 
fourth, third and fourth entering the eye; four lower labials in 
contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are slightly shorter 
than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 197-204; anal 
divided ; subcaudals 50-53. Body with 8 or 9 sets of three black 
annuli separated by very broad red interspaces, the scales on which 
are tipped with black; the median black annulus much broader thar 
the outer, from which it is separated by a ycllow annulus; head 
black above, separated from the black of the nape by a yellow 
crescentic band extending to below the eyes and covering the 
temples, the outer border of the parietals, and the occiput. 
Total length 410 millim. ; tail 65. 
Colombia. ‘ 
a. ¢ (V. 197; C. 50). Carthagena, Capt. Garth [P. |. 
13. Elaps corallinus. 
re corallinus, Wied, N. Acta Ac. Leop.-Carol. x. i. 1820, p. 108,. 
pl. iv., and Abbdild, Nat. Bras, (1825). 
— corallinus, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 440 (1837); Dum. & 
Bibr. vii. ae (1854) ; Giinth. Cat. p. 233 (1858), and Ann. & 
Mag. N. H, (8) iv. 1859, p, 173. 
—— ornatissimus, Jan, Rev, § Mag. Zool. 1858, p. 521, Prodr. 
pl. A (1859), and Icon, Gén, 42, pl. i. fig. 1 (1872). 
—— riisii, Jan, ll. cc. p. 525, pl. B, and Icon, pl. vi. fig. 3. 
— bocourtii, Jan, Icon. pl. vi. fig. 2. ‘ 
— circinalis, Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) viii. 1876, p. 182. 
Agena var. gastrosticta, Boetty. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1889, 
p- 315. 
Eye measuring two thirds to three fourths its distance from the 
mouth in the adult. Rostral broader than deep; frontal a little 
broader than the supraocular, once and a half to twice as long as 
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 pre- and two (rarely one) postoculars; temporals 
1+1, the anterior sometimes fused with the sixth labial; six 
upper labials, third as large as or a little 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 179-231; anal divided; subcaudals 
30-47, Body with black annuli edged with yellow, separated by 
red interspaces which may be more or less profusely spotted with 
black ; head black above, temples, and often a more or less broad 
band behind or partly on the parietals, yellow. 
Total length 790 millim. ; tail 70. 
Tropical South America and Lesser Antilles (St. Thomas, 
St. Vincent, Martinique). 
