241. ELAPa. 431 



■distance from the end of the snout ; one prae- and one or two post- 

 oculars; temporals 1 + 1; seven upper labials, third and fourth 

 entering the eye ; three or four lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales 

 in 15 rows. _ Ventrals 290-308 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 35-45. 

 Black annuli disposed in threes, with red interspaces as broad as or 

 broader than a single annulus ; the red scales may be dotted or edged 

 with black ; head yellow ; end of snout black ; a black cross-band 

 passing through the eyes. 



Total length 575 millim. ; tail 40. 



Amazon ; Colombia. 



a. Hgr. (V. 290 ; C. 45). Paia. (Type.) 



h. 2 (V. 298 ; 0. 36). Para. Dr. E. A. Goldi [F.l 



£. ? (V. 291 ; 0. 35). Bogota. '" -" 



24. Elaps mipartitus. 



Elaps mipartitus, Bum Sr Bibr. vii. p. 1220 (1854) ; Giinth. Ann & 

 Mag. N. H. (3) iv. 1859, p. 172 ; Cope, Proo. Ac. Philad. 1868, 

 p. 110. 



decussatus, Bum. ^ Bibr. t. c. p. 1221. 



semipartitus, Jan, Rev. Sr Mag. Zool. 1858, p. 516, Elenco 



p. 113 (1863), and loon. Gin. 42, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1872). ' 



multifasciatus, Jan, I. c. p. 521, and Prodr. pi. A (1859) • Cope 



Proo. Ac. Philad. 1871, p. 209; Giinth. Ann. Sf Mag. N.'h. (4) 

 ix. 1872, p. 36, and Biol. C.-Am., Bept. p. 184 (1896). 



Eye about half or three fifths as long as its distance from the 

 mouth. Eostral broader than deep; frontal broader than the 

 supraocular, once and two thirds to once and three fourths as long 

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

 of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; latter slightly longer than 

 their distance from the internasals ; one prae- and two postoculars ; 

 temporals 1-|-1, anterior very narrow, sometimes absent; seven 

 upper labials, third much larger than fourth, third and fourth 

 entering the eye ; three or 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 210-278 ; anal divided ; 

 auboaudals 24-34. Black above, with 40 to 68 narrow white cross- 

 bars ; these widen on the belly, which is barred black and white ; 

 the white dorsal scales often each with a black spot ; tail red, with 

 2 to 5 black annuli ; head black to between the eyes, then yellow to 

 the posterior border of the parietal shields. 



Total length 610 miUim. ; tail 50. 



Central America and Tropical South America, 



0-6, c. cJ (V. 287, 239 ; Chontalez, Nicaragua. 

 C.33,31)&$ (V.264; 

 0. 26). 



d. S (V. 261 ; C. 33). Panama. Ohristiania Museum. 



e. cJ (V. 246; 0.28). Bogota. C.Laverde,Esq.rP.l. 

 /. Yg. (V. 277 ; 0. 24). Bogota. 



