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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  BOsTSEUM 
  vol. 
  67 
  

  

  86. 
  MICRURUS 
  CORALLINUS 
  (Wied) 
  

  

  Elaps 
  corallinus 
  Wied, 
  Nova 
  Acta 
  Acad. 
  Leopold. 
  Carol., 
  vol. 
  10, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  

   1820, 
  p. 
  108; 
  Abbild. 
  Naturg. 
  Brasil., 
  pt. 
  6, 
  1824, 
  pi. 
  4. 
  

  

  Elaps 
  dumerilii 
  Jan, 
  Rev. 
  Mag. 
  Zool., 
  1858, 
  p. 
  522; 
  Icon. 
  Ophid., 
  pt. 
  42, 
  

   1872, 
  pi. 
  1, 
  fig. 
  3. 
  

  

  Elaps 
  risei 
  Jan, 
  Rev. 
  Mag. 
  Zool., 
  1858, 
  p. 
  525, 
  pi. 
  B.; 
  Icon. 
  Ophid., 
  pt. 
  42, 
  

   1872, 
  pi. 
  6, 
  fig. 
  3. 
  

  

  Elaps 
  corallinus 
  Boulenger, 
  Cat. 
  Snakes 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  3, 
  1896, 
  p. 
  420. 
  

  

  The 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  has 
  29 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  

   very 
  widespread 
  species. 
  Having 
  carefully 
  examined 
  this 
  material 
  

   I 
  was 
  led 
  into 
  comparing 
  it 
  with 
  those 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  

   of 
  Zoology 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Michigan 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Carnegie 
  Museum 
  

   at 
  Pittsburgh 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Comparative 
  Zoology, 
  

   supplemented 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  recently 
  received 
  from 
  both 
  

   the 
  Instituto 
  do 
  Butantan 
  and 
  the 
  Museu 
  Paulista. 
  The 
  total 
  

   number 
  of 
  specimens 
  examined 
  was 
  101, 
  distributed 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  29 
  

  

  University 
  of 
  Michigan 
  Museum 
  of 
  Zoology 
  2 
  

  

  Carnegie 
  Museum 
  (Griffin's 
  material) 
  8 
  

  

  Museum 
  of 
  Comparative 
  Zoology 
  (Inst. 
  Butantan 
  and 
  Mus. 
  Paulista) 
  62 
  

  

  Total 
  101 
  

  

  The 
  countries 
  to 
  which 
  those 
  speciments 
  belong 
  were 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  Trinidad 
  21 
  

  

  Venezuela 
  1 
  

  

  Colombia 
  13 
  

  

  Ecuador 
  7 
  

  

  Peru 
  6 
  

  

  Brazil 
  51 
  

  

  South 
  America 
  1 
  

  

  Unknown 
  1 
  

  

  Total 
  101 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  important 
  characteristics 
  of 
  those 
  specimens 
  may 
  be 
  

   tabulated 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  