Habitat: Brazil.

(12) E. dumerilii.—Scales in 15 rows; 197-204 ventrals; 50-53 subcaudals.

Colour: 8-9 sets of three black annuli on red and yellow; head black, with a yellow band on the occiput.

Total length, 410 millimetres; tail 65.

Habitat: Colombia.

(13) E. corallinus (The Coral Snake).—Scales in 15 rows; 179-231 ventrals; 30-47 subcaudals; 1 + 1 temporals.

Colour: Body with black annuli, separated by red interspaces edged with yellow; head bluish-black; temples yellow; a blue line from behind the eye to the lower jaw; tail white.

Total length, 790 millimetres; tail 70.

Habitat: Tropical South America and Lesser Antilles (St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Martinique).

(14) E. hemprichii.—Scales in 15 rows; 168-181 ventrals; 22-29 subcaudals; 1 + 1 temporals.