241. ElAPS. 



421 



A. 21-31 blaok annuli on the body (E. coraUinus, Wied). — The 

 black dots on the red areas may be so crowded together near 

 the yellow borders of the annuli as to form additional annuli 

 (E. hocourti, Jan). 



a-b. d (V. 195; 0.47) 

 & $ (V. 231 ; C. 37). 

 X). 5 (V. 209; 0.37). 



d. 2 (V. 194; 0.32). 



e. $ (V. 199; 0.35). 

 /,.9. d (V. 193; 0.43) 



&hgr.(V. 179; 0.45). 



A. $ (V. 201; 0.32). 

 4. d (V. 183; 0.45). 

 k. c? (V. 181 ; 0. 46). 

 X ? (V. 193 ; 0. 30). 

 m-o, p. d (V. 186;- 



0. 46) & 2 (V. 196, 

 192, 192 ; 0. 33, 30, 

 30). 



B. 15 to 20 black annuli on the body. 



a. t? (V. 193; 0.43). Interior of Brazil 



i. Yg. (V. 194 ; 0. 45). Brazil. 



c. cJ (V. 198; 0.44). Brazil. 



d. 2 (V. 216 ; 0. 32). Brazil. 

 <. ? (V. 221; 0.31). ? 



Brazil. 



Rosario de Oucuta, 



Oolombia. 

 Trinidad. 

 Trinidad. 

 Trinidad. 



Trinidad. 

 St. Vincent. 

 W. Indies. 



? 



Mr. 0. Webber [0.]. 



0. Taylor, Esq. (T.]. 

 L. Guppy, Esq. [P.]. 

 W. Wright, Esq. [P.]. 



Mus. Guilding. 

 Musi Guilding. 

 Mus. Guilding. 

 Haslar Collection. 



Dr. Gardiner [0.1. 



J. O. W. Fabert, Esq; [P.]. 



G. Busk, Esq. [P.]. 



Haslar Oollection. 



14. Elaps hempricliii. 



Elaps lemniscatus, part., Oiinth. Cat. p. 233 (1858). 



hemprichii, Jan, Rev. Sr Mag. Zool. 1 858, p. 523, and Prodr. 



pi. A (1859) ; Cope, Proc. Ac. PMlad. 1860, p. 72 ; Jan, Icon. 



G^n. 42, pi. iv. iig. 3 (1872). 



Eye measuring about two thirds its distance from the mouth. 

 Hostral scarcely broader than deep ; frontal broader than the supra- 

 •ocular, once and a half to once and two thirds as long as broad, as 

 long as or a little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 a little shorter than the parietals ; latter as long as their distance 

 from the internasals ; one prse- 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 as long as the posterior. Scales in 

 15 rows. Yentrals 168-181; anal entire; subcaudals 22-29. 

 Black above, with yellowish (red ?) annuli, one broad one between 

 two narrow ones ; upper head-shields blaok ; upper lip, temples, and 

 occiput behind parietal shields yellowish ; the yellowish scales 

 black-edged ; the yellowish annuli widening on the belly. 



Total length 720 millim. ; tail 65. 



Guianas, Colombia, Peru. 



a. 5 (V. 168; 0.29). Surinam. 

 i. 6 (V. 176; C. 27). ? 



