418 COLTJBEID^. 



ack ; a more or less distinct black band on the head passing 

 through the eye and across the supraocular and frontal shields ; a 

 large black spot on each parietal shield. 



Total length 900 millim. ; tail 40. 



Eastern Ecuador, Eastern Peru, Bolivia. 



«. Yg. (V. 218 ; C. 16). Oaneloa, Ecuador. Mr. Buckley [0.]. 



h, c-d. $ (V. 219, 214, 210; Moyobamba, Peru. Mr. A. H. Ko£E [C.]. 



0. 16, 17, 18). 



e. S (V. 219 ; 0. 23). Jungas, Bolivia. 



9. Elaps elegaus. 



Elaps elegans, Jan, Rev. 8f Mag. Zool. 1858, p. 624, Prodr. pi. B 

 (1859), and Icon. Gin. 42, pi. v. fig. 2 (1872). 



Eye nearly as long as its distance from the mouth. Eostral 

 much broader than deep ; frontal broader than 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, slightly shorter than the 

 parietals ; latter as long as their distance from the internasals ; one 

 prae- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1 ; seven upper labials, 

 third larger than fourth, third and fourth entering the eye ; four 

 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 

 shorter than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 189-221 ; 

 anal divided ; subcaudals 29-47. Body with black annuli disposed 

 ia threes, aubequal in size, separated, within each set, by two series 

 of alternately black and yellow scales ; the sets, 12 to 17 in number, 

 narrowly separated by reddish-brown interspaces which may be 

 divided by a black cross-bar ; head black, with a yellow blotch on 

 each side behind the eye, widening on the lip. 



Total length 730 miUim. ; tail 70. 



Mexico and Guatemala. 



a-h. S (V. 189, 0. 40) & Huatuzco, Vera Cruz. F. D. Godman, Esq. 



5 (V. 206; C. ?). [P.]. 



c. cJ (V. 205 ; C. 47). Teapa, Tabasco. F. D. Qodman, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 S^e. 2 (V. 221, 220; Vera Paz, low forest. 0. Salvin, Esq. fC.]. 



C. 85, ?). 



10. Elaps annellatus. 



Elaps annellatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 402. 

 PElapa imperator, var., Cope, Journ. Ac. Fhilad. (2) viii. 1876, 

 p. 181. 



Eye as long as its distance from the mouth. Eostral a little 

 TDroader than deep ; frontal nearly twice as broad as the supra- 

 ocular, slightly longer than broad, as long as its distance from the 

 end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; latter as long 

 as their distance from the internasals ; one pree- and two post- 

 oculars ; temporals 1 + 1 ; seven upper labials, third not or but 



