62 AUSTEALLiN SXAKES. 



Crowned Snake. Hoplocephalus coronatus. 



(Plate VI, fig. 3.) 

 Elaps coronatus, Schleg. Ess. II, p. 454, and Ahhild., t. 46, figs. 12, 13. Gray, in 

 Cnpf. Grey's Australia, pi. 5, f. 2. 



Alecto coronata. Bum. ^ Blhr., p. 1255, pi. 76, 6, f. 2. 



Hoplocephalus coronatus, Gilnfher, Cat. of Colub. Snakes in Col. Brit. Mus. 



Scales in 15 rows. 



Abdominal plates, 138 or more. 



One anal plate. 



Subcaudal plates, 46 or more. 



Total length, 18 inches, 



Head, | inch. 



Tail, 3^ inches. 

 Body short and stout ; head flat, distinct from neck ; tail short, 

 tapering, distinct from trunk ; back olive-green, lighter on the sides ; head 

 bluish olive above, on each side (crossing the rostral shield) a black beneath 

 a white-edged streak, both joined by a broad black collar at the back of the 

 head ; under part of upper and lower labials and chia-shields dotted with 

 black ; ventral plates reddish or salmon-colored (in spirits), more or less 

 black-edged ; subcaudals more indistinctly marked ; scales hexagonal, 

 skin between them black ; eye moderate, pupil rounded. 



This, like the preceding species, inhabits Western Australia, 

 and is as common in the neighbourhood of King George's Sound as Diemenia 

 reticulata is near Sydney. Like most Uoplocephali, it frequents the sunny 

 side of stony hUls, brings forth from ten to fifteen young annually, and is 

 diurnal in its habits. Specimens have been captured in the western part of 

 South Australia, and its range is supposed to extend beyond the Swan 

 River. This species is not found in New South Wales. 



Tasmanian Snake, Soplocephalus coronoldes. 



(Plate Xn, figs. 1, la.) 

 Hoplocephalus coronoides. Giitiflier, Cat. of Colub. Snakes in Coll. Brit. Mus., p. 215. 



Scales in 15 rows. 



Abdominal plates, 150 or more. 



One anal plate. 



Subcaudals, 46 to 50. 



Total length, 15 inches. 



Head, \ inch. 



Tail, 2\ inches. 



