190. ELAPOMOEPHTJS. 241 



a, b. $ (V. 179 ; C. 35) & Bahia. Dr. 0. Wucterer [0.1 



hgr. ? (V.183; 0.35). (Types.) 



c. Yg. (V. 176; 0. 41). Bahia. Dr. 0. Wucherer [0.1. 



A. Hgr. $ (V. 181 ; C. 34). Bahia. Lord Walsingham [P.]. 



3. Elaporflorphus lepidus. 



Elapomoi-phus lepidus, Reinh. Vidensh. Meddel. 1860, p. 239, pi. iv. 



figs. 6-9 (1861) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 46, and 



Icon. Oen. 14, pi. iii. fig. 2 (1865) ; Strauch, Bull. Ac. St. Peters!). 



xxix. 1884, p. 558. 

 wuchereri, part, Oiinth. Ann. Sr Mag. N. K. (3) vii. 1861, 



p. 415, fig., UTid Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 15, fig. ; Strauch, I. c. 



p. 555. 

 Apostolepis lepida. Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1861, p. 524. 



Eostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals 

 shorter than the preefrontals ; frontal a little longer than broad, as 

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

 parietals, which are uot twice as long as broad ; one prse- and two 

 (exceptionally one) postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1 ; six upper labials, 

 second and third entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or a little 

 longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 190-234 ; 

 anal divided ; subcaudals 30—45. Pale brown above, with three 

 more or less distinct darker longitudinal lines ; snout, vertex, and 

 nape black ; back of head and temples yellowish white ; lower parts 

 whitish. 



Total length 500 millim. ; tail 55. 



Brazil. 



a, b. d (V. 204 ; 0. 45) & $ Bahia. Dr. 0. Wucherer [0.]. 



(V. 201 ; 0. 33). (Types of H. wuchereri ) 



c. Hgr. (V. 190; 0. 30). Brazil. Dr. Gardiner [P.]. 



4. Elapomorplius tricolor. 



Elapomorphus tricolor, Bum. ^ Bibr. vii. p. 837 (1854) ; Jan, Arch. 



Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 44, and Icon. Q&n. 14, pi. ii. fig. 2 



(1865); Strauch, Bull. Ac. St. Pttersh. xxix. 1884, p. 565; BoMg. 



Abh. Nat. Ges. Numb. viii. 1891, p. 91 ; Peracoa, Boll. Mm. 



Torino, x. 1895, no. 195, p. 21. 

 Phalotris tricolor, Cope, Proc. Am. Philad. 1861, p. 524. 



Eostral broader than deep, just visible from above; suture 

 between the internasals one third to one half the length of the 

 single prefrontal ; frontal once and a half as long as broad, as long 

 as its distance from the end of the snout, much shorter than the 

 parietals, which are at least twice as long as broad ; one prse- and 

 two (rarely one) postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1 ; six upper labials, 

 second and third entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or a little 

 shorter than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 202-240 ; 



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