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ELAPOIDIS, Bole. 



Gen. char. — Teeth small ; head not distinct from body, elapsoid ; opening of the 

 mouth moderate; nostrils and eyes lateral, the latter minute, the former widely open ; 

 vertical scute very broad, rhombic, the posterior frontals extended as far as the eyes ; 

 supraciliaries small ; loral plate oblong, taking the place of the anterior orbitar ; trunk 

 cylindrical ; tail acute. (Boie.) 



Elapoidis fasciatus, nob. PI. IV. 



Char. — Two rows of teeth in the upper jaw, one in the lower; two anterior and 

 two posterior frontals, the former very much smaller than the posterior ; a vertical, 

 pentagonal broad and short; two small supra-oculars; two occipitals; nostrils between 

 two plates ; a long quadrangular frenal ; no antocular ; two posterior oculars ; eyes 

 projecting, latero-superior ; pupil round ; seven superior labials, the eye resting on the 

 third and fourth ; body slender, compressed laterally ; neck slightly contracted ; tail 

 of moderate length, tapering to a point; nineteen rows of scales, all carinated, the 

 carinas very distinct. 



Coloration. — Head black above, except near the head, where it is whitish ; the 

 white spots narrow above, broad below; ground color of animal above fawn, with 

 numerous transverse black fasciae, the greater number alternate ; scales between the 

 fasciae tipped with black; under surface straw color. Abdom. scut. 145; 1 post-abdom. 

 bifid; 64 sub-caud. 



Dimensions. — Length of head, f inch; of body, 7 inches; of tail, 21 inches; total 

 length, 91 inches. 



Habitat. — Honduras. Two specimens, presented by Amory Edwards, Esq. 

 Gen. Remarks. — But one species of Elapoidis has heretofore been described, viz. : 

 Elapoidis fuscus, Boie, a native of Java. 



ELAPS, Schneider. 



Elaps zonatus, nob. 



Char. — Anterior frontals much smaller than posterior ; vertical short and broad ; 

 nostrils between two plates; a small loral; one ant-orbitar; two post-orbitars; five 

 superior labials, the eyes resting on the third and fourth; eyes latero-superior; pupil 

 round. 



Coloration. — Head black and white, the greater part presenting above a broad black 

 blotch extending over the temples to the posterior part of the under jaw, and over 

 the eyes to the inferior margin of the upper, emarginate laterally; snout black, with 



