92 VENOMS 



Total length, 43rj millimetres ; tail 50. 

 Habitat : Western and Southern Australia. 



(15) I), nigrescent. — Scales in 15 rows; 170 — "200 ventrals ; 

 80 — 4() subcandals. 



Colour dark olive ; head black ; belly yellow. 

 Total length, 545 millimetres ; tail 75. 

 Habitat : New South AVales and Queensland. 



(16) D. ni(/r()striata. — Scales in 15 I'ows ; IMO — 184 ventrals; 

 50 — 64 subcaudals. 



Colour yellow, streaked with black : head dark brown ; upper 

 lip and belly yellowish-white. 



Total length, 8(S0 millimetres ; tail 52. 

 Habitat : Queensland. 



(17) i). carpe)itari(e. — Scales in 15 rows; 1()6 — 183 ventrals; 

 81 — 48 subcaudals. 



Colour brown ; upper lip and belly yellowish-white. 

 Total length, '285 millimetres ; tail 47. 

 Habitat : Northern Queensland. 



(18) J). paUidiceps. — Scales in 15 rows ; 170 — 178 ventrals ; 

 37 — 38 subcaudals. 



Colour dark olive-brown ; head somewhat paler ; l)el]y yellowish. 

 Total length, 590 millimetres ; tail SO. 

 Habitat : Northern Australia. 



(19) D. melanura. — Scales in 15 or 17 rows ; 1(')5 — 171 ventrals; 

 88 — 48 subcaudals. 



Colour dark l)rown ; head and sides usually reddish ; belly 

 yellow ; tail l^lack. 



Total length, 1,000 millimetres ; tail 140. 

 Habitat : Solomon Islands. 



(20) D. par.— Scales in 16 rows; 164— 1(56 ventrals; 40—49 

 subcaudals. 



Colour reddish-brown, in broad bands with white intervals ; 

 head blackish-brown ; belly white ; tail with red rings. 

 Total length, 750 millimetres ; tail 110. 



