241. ELAPs. 433: 
and one third as long as broad, little broader than the supraocular, 
as long as its distance from the end of the snout, 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 ; anterior 
chin-shields in contact with the symphysial and with four lower 
labials, as long as the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 258 ; 
anal divided; subcaudals 31. Body with 16 sets of black annuli 
disposed in threes, the middle one a little wider ; the scales of the 
interspaces black, light-edged ; head light in front, dotted and spotted 
with black; an anchor-shaped black marking on the occiput and 
nape, the transverse branch nearly covering the parietals and extend- 
ing to the throat. 
Total length 780 millim.; tail 57. 
Ecuador. 
28. Elaps narduccii. 
Elaps narduccii, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 222, and 
Icon. Gén, 42, pl. vi. fig. 5 (1872). 
scutiventris, Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. xi. 1869, p. 156. 
—— melanotus, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. 1881, p. 51. 
Eye hardly half as long as its distance from the mouth. Rostral 
broader than deep; frontal nearly as broad as 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, shorter than the parietals; one 
pre- and two postoculars; temporals 1+1; seven upper labials, 
third and fourth entering the eye ; anterior chin-shields in contact 
with the symphysial and with three or four lower labials; posterior 
chin-shields as long asthe anterior. Scalesin 15 rows. Ventrals 
240-315; anal divided; subcaudals 15-33. Black, beneath with 
yellow (red?) cross-bands or transversely oval spots, as broad as 
or narrower than the interspaces and sometimes extending as tri- 
angular blotches up the sides; a yellow cross-band on the head,. 
covering the temples, the frontal, supraoculars, and anterior half 
of the parietals. 
Total length 720 millim.; tail 50. 
Eastern Ecuador, North-eastern Peru, Bolivia. 
a-b. 3 (V. 315, 804; C. Canelos, Ecuador. Mr. Buckley [C.]. 
33, 27). 7 
e-d. 3 (V. 240; C.24) & Moyobamba,N.E. Mr. A. H. Roff [C.]. 
2 (V. 270; C. 19). Peru. 
e. o (V. 802; C. 32)*. A ahd N.E. Mr. E. Bartlett (C.]. 
eru. 
* This specimen has been referred to E. gastrodelus, D. & B., by Giinther 
Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) i. 1868, p. 413. 
~ VoL, III. 2F 
