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Tlie shields on the side of the face, the lower lahials, and chin- 

 shields, are dark spotted and hlotched ; eye small, pupil rounded. Ahdo- 

 miual plates uniform purplish brown, with a light outer edge ; subcaiidals 

 with similar markings. 



Habitat, Warro, Port Curtis, Queensland. Discovered by E. A. 

 Blackman, Esq., of Warro. 



Blackman's Snake. CacopMs blackmcmii. 



(Plate XII, fig. 9.) 

 Cacophis blackmauii, Krejff., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869. 



Scales in 15 rows. 

 Abdominal plates, 197. 

 Two anal plates. 

 Subcaudals, 43-43, or more. 

 Total length, 16 inches. 

 Head, | inch. 

 Tail, 2^ inches. 



Body elongate and rounded, head distinct from neck, rather 

 depressed, with obtuse muzzle. The vertical, without the sharp angle 

 Ijeliind, would form a square. The superciliaries are very small, slightly 

 larger than the anterior ocular ; occipitals also of small size, and not as 

 large again as the vertical ; the hind part of the head rather thick ; the 

 vertical and occipitals depressed. 



Six upper labials, the two last of about equal size, with a large 

 temporal shield wedged in between them ; seven lower labials. 



Purplish brown above, lighter on the sides ; all scales with a 

 slightly transparent outer margin, but without any markings ; ventrals 

 straw-yellow, with darker spots in the corners ; head, from the muzzle to 

 the occipitals, dark bro^vn above ; the upper margin of the upper labials 

 tinted with the same color ; the rest and the lower labials yellowish ; 

 mental shield dark brown. The upper part of the head behind the 

 occipitals light brown ; a clear small spot in the corner of each super- 

 ciliary plate yellow. 



Habitat, the Pine Mountain, Queensland. Discovered by Mr. 

 George Masters. 



