234 



COWJBEID^. 



with the parietal ; five lower labials in contact with the chin-shields, 

 •which are equal in size ; first lower labial in contact with its fellow 

 behind the symphysial. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 199 ; anal 

 divided ; subcaudals 47. Yellowish above, with three dark brown 

 longitudinal streaks ; anterior half of head blackish, posterior half 

 yellow, with a black cross-band behind the parietals ; lower parts- 

 white. 



Total length 403 millim. ; tail 63. 



Habitat unknown. 



2. Apostolepis assimilis. 



Elapomorphus assimilis, Meinh. Vidensh. Meddel. 1869, p. 235, pi. iVr 

 figs. 1-5 (1861) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 'k3,and 

 Icon. Gin. 14, pi. i. fig. 4 (1865) ; Strauch, Bull. Ac. St. PHersh. 

 xxix. 1884, p. 586. 



Snout feebly projecting ; eye small, its diameter equalling its 

 distance from the oral margin. Eostral a little broader than deep, 

 just visible from above ; frontal about once and three fifths as long as 

 broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than 

 the parietals ; nasal not in contact with the praeocular ; a single 

 postocular ; six upper labials, second and third entering the eye, 

 fifth in contact with the parietal ; five lower labials in contact with 

 the chin-shields, first in contact with its feUow behind the sym- 

 physial, fifth largest ; chin-shields subequal in size. Scales in 15 

 rows. Ventrals 265 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 33. Eed above ; 

 head and nape black, separated by a white collar ; prsefrontals, 

 nasal, and fourth upper labial white ; end of tail black ; lower 

 parts white. 



Total length 530 millim. ; tail 50. 



Minas Geraes, Brazil. 



^ 3. Apostolepis flavitorguata. 



Elapomorphus flavotorquatus, Dum. 8f Bibr. vii. p. 836 (1854) ; 



Quicken, in Casteln. Anim. Nouv. Amer. Slid, Mept. p. 55, pi. Zr 



(1855) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 43, and Icon. Oin. 



14, pi. i. fig. 3 (1865) ; Strauch, Bull. Ac. St. Pitersb. xxix. 1884, 



p. 583. 

 Apostolepis flavotorquata, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1861, p. 534. 



Snout feebly projecting ; eye minute. Rostral as deep as broad, 

 the portion visible from above measuring about two thirds its 

 distance from the frontal ; latter shield once and a half as long as 

 broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than 

 the parietals, which are twice as long as broad ; nasal in contact 

 with the prseocular ; a single postocular ; six upper labials, second 

 and third entering the eye, fourth and fifth in contact with the 

 parietal ; five lower labials in contact with the chin-shields, which 

 are subequal in size ; first lower labial in contact with its fellow 

 behind the symphysial. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 250 ; anal 



