404 ON A NEW HOPLOCEPHALUS FROM THE GULP OP CARPENTARIA. 



the contact of the angular points of the anterior ocular, posterior 

 frontal, and nasal shields with the middle of the upper side of the 

 second upper labial shield. The colour is entirely olive-brown 

 above, and yellowish-white below. The head and nape are of a 

 rather darker brown, the brown in each margined by a distinct 

 black stripe which extends along the upper side of the rostral, 

 nasal, and upper labial shields to behind the mouth, beneath 

 which all is white. There is also a small black spot on the upper 

 angle of the anterior ocular shield. 



I am indebted to Dr. Cox for this very distinct species, which 

 was captured near Normanton, Gulf of Carpentaria, a few months 

 ago. 



