H2 VENOMS 



Krefffc, formerly Director of the Australian Museain at Sydney, 

 from whose work^ we shall borrow a considerable portion of the 

 following" notes, and the figures accompanying them. 

 The genera represented in Australia are : — 



(a) Ognwdoii. 



(b) Glyphodon. 



(c) Psendelaps. 



(d) Diemenia. 



(e) PseudecJiis. 



(f) Denisonia. 



(g) Micropechis. 

 (h) Hoplocephalus. 



(i) Tropidccliif^. 



(j) No tec] I is. 



(k) BhinhoplocephaJns. 



(1) Brachyaspis. 



(m) Acantliophis. 



(n) Elapognathiis. 



(o) lihijnchelaps. 



(p) Furina. 



(a) Ogmodon. 



This genus is characterised by the maxillary l)ones extending 

 forwards as far as the palatines, and bearing, in addition to the 

 poison-fangs, (j — 7 grooved teeth. The head is not distinct from 

 •the neck ; the eyes are very small. The body is cylindrical, and 

 covered with smooth scales in 17 rows. Tail short ; subcaudal 

 scales in 2 rows. 



0. vitianus. — Snout elongate, pointed; 139— l-Vi ventral scales; 

 27 — 38 subcaudals. 



' " The Snakes of Australia," Sydney, 1869. 



