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Total length, 430 millimetres ; tail 35. 



Habitat : Peru. 



(16) E. dissoleiicus. — Scales in 15 rows; 200 ventrals ; 19 sub- 

 caudals. 



Coloration as in foregoing species. 



Total length,, 1,070 millimetres; tail 35. 



Habitat : Venezuela. 



(17)' E. fulvius (Harlequin, or Coral Snake, fig. 66).-^— Scales in 

 15 rows ; 180 — 237 ventrals ; 30 — 59 subcaudals. 



Colour : Body with black, red, and yellow annuli ; tail with 

 black and yellow annuli ; snout black. 



Total length, 990 millimetres ; tail 85. 



Habitat : Eastern North America, from Southern Virginia, the 

 Ohio River, and the Missouri to the Eio Grande, Mexico, Central 

 America. 



(18) E. psyches. — Scales in 15 rows ; 188 — 214 ventrals ; 32 — 47 

 subcaudals. 



Colour: Body with alternate black and brown annuli, and 48 — 52 

 narrow yellow rings ; head black, blotched with yellow. 

 Total length, 495 millimetres ; tail 80. 

 Habitat : Guianas. 



(19) E. spixii. — Scales in 15 rows ; 201 — 219 ventrals ; '22 — 29 

 subcaudals. 



Colour red, with 20 — 38 black rings disposed in threes ; a black 

 occipital collar, followed by a wide red space. 

 Total length, 1,400 millimetres ; tail 70. 

 Habitat : Venezuela and Northern Brazil. 



(20) E. frontalis. — Scales in 15 rows ; 197 — 230 ventrals ; 

 15 — 26 subcaudals. Tail ending very obtusely. 



Colour : Body with black annuli disposed in threes, with red and 

 yellow interspaces ; head black, spotted with yellow or red. 

 Total length, 1,350 milUmetres ; tail 70. 

 Habitat : Southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina. 



(21) E. marcgravii. — Scales in 15 rows ; 210 — 240 ventrals ; 

 23 — 42 subcaudals. 



