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scales in 17 series, smooth and rounded ; abdominal shields 198, 

 subcaudals 53-53 (not perfect); total length, 2 feet 8 inches ; tail, 

 about 6 inches ; colour above nitid olive brown, beneath deep 

 yellow. 



One specimen from Darnley Island. 



Pappophis (new genus.) 



Body elongate, moderately stout, and slightly trigonal ; tail 

 long and tapering ; head broad, flat towards the muzzle which is 

 broad and rounded, and constricted behind into a narrow neck ; 

 loreal shield not longer than high, except at the lower posterior 

 angle, where it is continued into a point ; nostril large between 

 two nasal shields ; rostral shield pointed above ; frontal shields 4, 

 pentagonal, the posterior pair largest : one large anterior and two 

 small posterior ocular shields ; upper labials 9, lower 12 ; eyes 

 large, in contact with 4th, 5th, and 6th upper labials ; anterior 

 teeth in both jaws long, acute and pointed backwards ; scales 

 narrow and pointed, the vertebral series larger and rounded ; anal 

 shield entire ; subcaudals in two series. 



I place this genus among the Lycodontidce of Gunther, chiefly 

 on account of its teeth, though its affinity to the Dipsadidce seems 

 to be quite as great. 



11. — Pappophis laticeps. 



Scales in 21 series on the anterior part of the body, and in 15 

 towards the tail ; abdominal shields 258, subcaudals 115-115 ; 

 total length, 6 feet 4 inches ; tail, 15 inches ; length of head, 1| 

 inches ; width of head 1 inch 2 lines, width of neck 4 lines ; colour, 

 above greenish brown, beneath greenish yellow sometimes finely 

 mottled with brown. 



This species seems to be abundant about Hall Sound. The 

 short but very broad and round-muzzled head, gives it a most 

 formidable appearance, and the extent of its gape may be 

 imagined when I state that Mr. Masters took out of the stomach 

 of one of the specimens now before me, an average-sized hen's 

 egg, which had been swallowed without receiving the slightest 

 injury. The neck is narrow and compressed for several inches 

 from the head ; the tail is long, tapering and slightly compressed. 



