(>2 AUSTRALIAN SNAKES. 



The following are two little-known species :— 



Desert Snake. 



Brachyaspis curta, Sclilegel. 



S. 19, y. 128-136, A. 1, S.C. 30-35. 



Western Australia; length, 1 foot 8 inches. 



White-tongued Snake. 



-C' Rhinhopjiocephalus bicoJor, Miiller, 



S. 15, V. 159, A. 1, S.C. 34. 

 Length, 1 foot 4 inches. 



t Death Adder. 



Acanthophis antarctica, Shaw. 

 Plate 14. 



S. 21-23, y. 113-130, A. 1, S.C. 41-51. 



Of all Australian Snakes, the Death Adder is most 

 to be feared. It is of sluggish habit and its color 

 harmonises so well with the ground on which it may be 

 lying that it is frequently passed over, or even trodden 

 upon, before its proximity is suspected. 



The indifference which this venomous reptile 

 displays to man is exemplified by an anecdote which 

 appeared in an Australian newspaper some years ago 



