168 SYSTEMATIC LIST AND SYNONYMY. 



TO XI COP HID I A (Venomous Snakes) 104 



PROTEROGLYPHA km 



CONOCERCA 104 



ELAPIDAE 104 



Gthr., 1858, Cat., 209. 



Elaps 104 



Schneider, 1801, Hist. Amph., II, 289. 



Elaps fulvius ("Harlequin Snake") 105 



Cuvier, 1817, Eegn. Anim., II, 84; Fitz., 1826, Neue Class., 61; Holbr., 

 1838, Herp., II, 87, pi. 18, — 1842, Herp., Ill, 49, pi. X; B. & G., 

 1853, Serp., 21; D. & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 1215; Gthr., 1858, Cat., 235; 

 Bd., P. B. R. Bep., X, pi. 25, f. 15 ; Cope, 1859, Pr. Phil. Ac, 344, — 

 1875, Checklist, 34, — 1880, Bull. 20, U. S. Mus., 23 ; Jan, 1859, Rev. 

 & Mag. Zool. (Extr., p. 6), — 1863, Sist., 113, — 1872, Icon., livr. 42, 

 pi. 2, f. 1 ; Dum. BoG., 1874, Miss. Sci. Mex., pi. 23; Audubon, Orni- 

 thol., I, pi. 44. Coluber fulvius Linn., 1766, Syst., I, 381; Gmel., 1788, 

 Syst. Linn., I, 1104; Latr., 1802, Rept., TV, 140 ; Shaw, 1802, Zool., 

 Ill, 469; Daud., 1803, Rept, VI, 300; Say, 1825, Am. Jour. Sci., I, 

 262. Viperafulvia Harl, 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac, 364, — 1S35, Med. 

 Res., 127. Le Noire etfauve LaC., 1789, Quad. Ovip. et Serp., II, 299. 

 ? Elaps fulvius var. hypostema Jan. 1863, Sist., 113. 



Southern States east of the Mississippi. 



Var. nigrocinctus 106 



Elaps nigrocinctus Grd., 1854, Pr. Phil. Ac, 226, — 1855, Gilliss' Exp., 

 II, 210; Cope, 1859, Pr. Phil. Ac, 345; Sumichrast, 1881, Bull. Soc 

 Zool. de France, 184. E. divaricatus Hall., 1855, Jour. Phil. Ac, 36. 

 E. fitzingeri Jan, 1859, Rev. & Mag. Zool, pp. 5 and 10. E. fulvius 

 var. fitzingeri Jan, 1863, Sist., 113, — 1872, Icon., livr. 42, pi. 2, f. 3. 



Central America to Mexico. 



Var. apfinis 106 



Jan, 1863, Sist., 113, — 1872, Icon., livr. 42, pi. 1, f. 2. Elaps affinis 

 Jan, 1859, Rev. & Mag. Zool., pp. 6 and 14, pi. B, f. 2. 



Mexico. 



Var. bipunctiger 



Elaps bipunetiger D. & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 1227. Elaps distans Kenn., 

 1S60, Pr. Phil. Ac, 338; Cope, 1875, Checklist, 34. E. ornatissimus 

 Jan, 1S59, Rev. & Mag. Zool. (Extr. pp. 5 and 10, pi. A, f. 3), — 1S63, 

 Sist., 113, — 1872, Icon., livr. 42, pi. 1, f. 1. 



Scales unicolor. Throat white, perhaps yellowish in life. Vertex 

 black, followed by a collar of white or red. The specimen described 

 liai forty-three circles of white or red. The rings were narrow, occu- 

 pying but two of the ventrals. Muzzle without a black spot. The 

 name bipunetiger was given on account of a couple of light-colored 

 spots in the black of the crown. Tip of tail black. 



Mexico; Florida. 



