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241. ELAPs. 431 
distance from the end of the snout; one pre- and one or two post-- 
oculars; temporals 1+1; seven upper labials, 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 290-308; anal divided; subcaudals 35-45. 
Black annuli disposed in threes, with red interspaces as broad as or 
broader than a single annulus; the red scales may be dotted or edged 
with black; head yellow; end of snout black; a black cross-band 
passing through the eyes. 
Total length 575 millim. ; tail 40. 
Amazon ; Colombia. 
a. Hgr. (V. 290; C. 45). Para. (Type.) 
b. 2 (V. 298; C. 36). Para. Dr. E. A. Goldi [P.}. 
ec. 2 (V. 291; CO. 35). Bogota. 
24. Elaps mipartitus. 
Elaps mipartitus, Dum § Bibr. vii. p. 1220 (1854) ; Giinth. Ann. § 
es . H. (8) iv. 1859, p. 172; Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, 
3 decussatus, Dum. § Bibr. t. c. p. 1221. 
semipartitus, Jan, Rev. § Mag. Zool. 1858, p. 516, Elenco, 
p. 113 (1863), and Icon. Gén. 42, pl. ii. fig. 1 (1872). 
multifasciatus, Jan, 1. ¢. p. 521, and Prodr. pl. A (1859) ; Cope, 
Proc. Ac. Philad. 1871, p. 209; Giinth. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (4) 
ix. 1872, p. 36, and Biol. C.-Am., Rept. p. 184 (1895). 
Eye about half or three fifths as long as its distance from the 
mouth. Rostral broader than deep; frontal broader than the 
supraocular, once and two thirds to once and three fourths as long 
as broad, as long as or a little longer than its distance from the end 
of the snout, shorter than the parietals; latter slightly longer than 
their distance from the internasals ; one pree- and two postoculars ; 
temporals 1+1, anterior very narrow, sometimes absent; seven 
upper labials, third much larger than fourth, third and fourth 
entering the eye; three or four lower labials in contact with the 
anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or a little shorter than 
the posterior. Scalesin 15 rows. Ventrals 210-278; anal divided ; 
subcaudals 24-34. Black above, with 40 to 68 narrow white cross- 
bars; these widen on the belly, which is barred black and white ; 
the white dorsal scales often each with a black spot; tail red, with 
2 to 5 black annuli; head black to between the eyes, then yellow to 
the posterior border of the parietal shields. 
Total length 610 millim.; tail 50. 
Central America and Tropical South America. 
a-b, c. 3 (V. 237, 239; Chontalez, Nicaragua. 
C. 33, 31) & Q (V. 264; 
C. 26). 
d. & (V. 261; C. 33). Panama. Christiania Museum. 
e. od (V. 246; ©. 28). . Bogota, C. Laverde, Esq.[P.]. 
f. Yg. (V. 277; C. 24). Bogota. 
