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 Rio 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.