50 AUSTEALIAN SNAKES. 



MacGillivray's Snake. Brachysoma tnste. 



Grlyphodon tristis, GfJa:, Colubr. Snakes, p. 211. 



Brachysoma triste, Gfhr., Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist., Srd Series, vol. XI, p. 24. 



Scales in 17 rows. 

 Two anal plates. 

 Abdominals ? 

 Subcaudals ? 

 Total length, 32". 



Above uniformly blackish brown, scales of the sides obscurely 

 lighter-edged ; scales in seventeen rows ; vertical broad, six-sided, with an 

 obtuse angle in front, and a right one behind ; oviter edges much conver- 

 gent ; two nasals, nostril between ; first temporal shield not much larger 

 than hinder ones, and in contact with both oculars ; scales smooth, rhom- 

 boidal, in seventeen rows; anal bifid; above uniformly black, with a broad, 

 brownish collar ; scales on the sides lighter-edged ; beneath uniformly diill 

 yellowish ; the dark coloration of the sides extending on to the outer edge 

 of each ventral plate. 



Length of cleft of mouth, f " ; length of tail, 4^" ; total length, 32". 



FUEIITA., Diim. S{ Bibr. 



Body cylindric, rather elongate; tail rather distinct from trunk, 

 short, tapering, ending in an obtuse, conical scale ; head not distinct from 

 neck, moderate, rather depressed, rounded ; rostral shield very large, 

 protruding, rounded, extending between the anterior frontals ; frontals 

 nearly equal in size ; vertical very broad, reaching the anterior ocular ; no 

 loreal, replaced by the conjunction of nasal, posterior frontal, and ocular ; 

 one nasal, pierced by the small rostral ; one anterior, two posterior oculars. 

 Scales smooth, not much imbricated, in not very oblique rows, short, 

 Avith rather rounded apex, in fifteen rows ; anal bifid ; subcaudals, two- 

 rowed. Grooved tooth in front, a series of smooth teeth behind. 



Spotted Snake. Furina calonotos. 



Furiiia calonotos, Diim. Sf Sihr.,]). 1241, pi. 75 bis. 

 Brachysoma calonotos, Gnthr., Colubr. Snakes, p. 229. 



The description in the British Museum Catalogue is — " Pale brown 

 above ; back black, punctated with white ; head and neck black, with a 

 white cross band before the eyes and a white collar. Tasmania." 



