358 OPHIDIA. 



Specimens have been captured on the coast of Java ; the largest is more than 2 feet long. 

 A female, 20 inches long, with the yellow cross bands mentioned, had two half-developed 

 embryos in her oviduct. 



AlPYSUKUS L^VIS. 



Aipysurus Isevis, Lacep. Ann. Mus. iv. pp. 197, 210. pi. 56. fig. 3. 

 Hypotrophis jukesii, Gray, in Jukes, Voy. Fly, p. 333. pi. 1. 

 Stephanohydra fasca, Gray, Viper. Snakes, p. 60 (not Tschudi). 



Aipysurus fiiliginosus, Dum. ^ Bibr. vii. p. 1327. pi. 77 bis. figs. 1 & 2. Fischer, Abhandl. 

 Naturw. Hamb. iii. p. 33. 



Scales on the highest part of the body in twenty-one rows, perfectly smooth. Ventral 

 shields 151(-152)-154; scales on the side of the tail elevated, band-like; terminal scale 

 of the tail very large. Shields of the head much subdivided in old examples, which are 

 uniform bro\vn. 



I have examined four adult specimens from Darnley Islands, New Caledonia, and New 

 Guinea. The largest example I have seen measures more than 5 feet. 



AlPTSURUS FUSCUS. 



Stephanohydra fusca, Tschudi, in Wiegm. Arch. 1837, p. 331. tab. 8. 

 Aipysurus fuscus, Fischer, Abhandl. Naturw. Hamb. iii. p. 33. 



Scales on the highest part of the body in nineteen rows ; those of the outer series and the 

 ventral shields with small tubercles, which are more distinct in old individuals than in young 

 ones. Ventral shields 157-165-166. Scales on the side of the tail larger than those on the 

 body. Shields of the head much subdinded in old examples. Either uniform brown, or 

 each scale and ventral shield with a large brownish-black spot near the hind margin. 



This species belongs to the fauna of the Australian seas ; the larger of our specimens is 

 39 inches long. 



DISTEIRA, Lacep. 



Body compressed, of moderate length ; head shielded above : a pair of 

 anterior frontals between the nasals, which are small. Scales imbricate ; 

 ventral shields distinct, but small. 



