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CHAP, XIX.] REPTILES. 383
crenus, and they are annulated with rings of various colours
in a manner quite distinct from any other members of this
family. The genera, which are all very distinct, are distributed
as follows :
—
Diemenia, Acanthophis, Eoplocephalus, Brachiurophis, Tropi-
dechis, Fseudechis, Cacophis, Pseudonaje, Denisonia, and Vermi-
cella, are Australian, the first two ranging to the Moluccas and
New Guinea ; Ogmodon occurs in the Fiji Islands ; Naja, Bun-
garus, OphiopMgus, Pseudonaje, Xenurelaps, Doliophis, Megxro-
phis, and Callophis are Oriental, one species of the latter genus
being found in Japan, while an Ophiophagus has been discovered
in New Guinea; GyrtopUs, Elapsoidea, and PmcilopUs are
African : Elaps is American, ranging as far north as South Caro-
lina, but not to the West Indian Islands.
Family 21.—DENDEASPIDID^. (1 Genus, 5 Species.)
Neotropical
sub-rbgions.
Nearctic Pal^arctic
I
Sob-regions. Sub-hegions.
General Distribution.
Ethiopian
Sub-regions.
1.2
Oriental
Sub-regions.
Australian
Sub-regions.
The single genus Dendraspis, constituting the family, is con-
fined to Tropical Africa.
Family 22.—ATEACTASPIDID^. (1 Genus, 4 Species.)
Neotropical
Sub-regions.
Nearctic
Sub-regions.
General Distribution.
Pal^arctic
Sub-hegions.
Ethiopian
Sub-regions.
2 .3
Oriental
Sub-regions.
Australian
Sub-regions.
This small family, consisting of the genus Atractaspis, is also
confined to Africa, but has hitherto only been found in the West
and South,