BY C. W. DE VIS, M.A. 825 



broad ; posterior angle of frontal a rectangle ; parietals larger 

 than or about equal in size with the frontal ; two successive 

 band-like scales on the oblique hinder edge of each parietal ; two 

 large supraorbitals separated from the eyelid by two enlarged 

 supraciliaries ; five supralabials, the third elongate and subocular ; 

 four infralabials, the anterior pair meeting below in a suture. 

 Scales in 12 rows. Abdominal scutes twice as broad as long, in 

 48-55 pairs ; no preanal pores ; a smaller median scale wedged in 

 between the enlarged preanals. Snout obtuse, shorter than the 

 postorbital portion of the head ; canthus rostralis very obtuse. 

 Ear orifice small, considerably shorter than the eye, oblique, 

 elliptical. Tail long, more than three times as long as the head 

 and body. Olive suffused with salmon colour, in spirits fading to 

 yellowish, and deeply staining the liquor ; upper surface of head 

 and neck black, interrupted by four yellow bands, one occupying 

 the muzzle, the second before the eye, the third behind the eye, 

 the fourth across the occiput, a fifth separates the colours of the 

 head and body ; the anterior divisions of the black ground colour 

 descend on the lower lip ; beneath salmon colour, passing into 

 yellow. 



Length of head ... ... ... 6 mm. 



Body 31 



Tail ... ... ... ... ... 136 



Loc. — Normanton, Gulf of Carpentaria ; Springsure, Central 

 Queensland. 



Delma plebeia. 



Rostral triangular or subpentagonal ; nostril between the first 

 supralabial and three nasals ; two paii^s of supranasals forming a 

 median suture ; frontonasals large, descending on the face ; loreal 

 large, in contact above with the prefrontal, which is larger than 

 the frontal, seven-sided, as broad as long ; frontal seven-sided 

 as broad as long, smaller than the parietals, between which it 

 enters posteriorly ; parietals with three large scales on the lateral 

 edges ; two supi'aorbitals ; a circumorbital ring of which the two 

 or three supraciliai'ies are enlarged, and separate the supraorbitals 



