THK pinscii'AL srr.ciKs (It' I'oisuNors sxakI'Js m 



Habitat : Fauo jliuI Hovvla Islands, Boiigaiiivillc Straits, 

 Solomon Islands. 



(•21) D. woodfordii. — Scales in 17 rows; 1()G — 17'2 ventrals ; 

 ■41 — 45 subcaudal pairs. 



Colour brownish-white, with a refcicalate pattern ; lifiul dark 

 brown ; belly white. 



Total length, 070 millimetres ; tail 100. 



Habitat : New Georgia, Solomon Islands. 



(g) Micropechis. 



Maxillary bones extending forward as far as the palatines, with 

 a pair of large grooved poison-fangs, followed by three small solid 

 teeth ; mandibular teeth longer m front. Head distinct from the 

 neck; eyes very small, with round pupils; nostril between two 

 nasal shields. Body cylindrical ; scales smooth, in I-") or 17 rows. 

 Tail short ; subcaudals in "2 rows. 



(1) M. ikahfla. — Scales in 15 rows; 180 — 223 ventrals; 39 — 

 55 subcaudals. 



Colour yellow and black, in irregular cross-bars ; head and tail 

 black above ; belly yellow. 



Total length, 1,550 millimetres ; tail I'SO. 

 Habitat : New Guinea. 



(2) M. elapoides. — Scales in 17 rows ; 208 ventrals ; 35 sub- 

 caudals. 



Colour cream, with 22 black bands, broader than the inter- 

 spaces between them ; snout and ocular region black. 

 Total length, 750 millimetres ; tail 75. 

 Habitat : Florida Island, Solomon Group. 



(h) Hoplocephalus. 



Characters the same as in Micropechis. Scales in 21 rows; 

 ventrals angulate and notched laterally. Tail moderate ; sub- 

 caudals in a single row. 



