86 REPTILES. 



Merrem^ 90 and 126. Morelia ar^us, Dum. 4' Bib. Erp. Gen. 385. 

 Morelia punctata, Gray^ Zool. Misc. 43. 



Bluish black, very irregularly yellow (white in spirits), spotted, 

 a spot on the centre of each scale, forming a group of five or six 

 together, or a kind of tied blotch ; occiput with an angular band, 



a. Stuffed. Adult. Australia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



b. Stuffed. Adult. Australia. 



c. Stuffed. Adult. Australia. 



d. Stuffed. Adult. Australia. 



e. Stuffed. Adult. 



** Vertical plate distinct. 



2. The Carpet Snake. Morelia variegata, Gray, Zool. Misc. 

 43, 54. M. argus, var. c, Dum. ^- Bib. Erp. Gen. vi. 386, 389. 



Whitish (in spirits), with numerous irregular black-edged olive 

 cross-bands, with irregular serrated and torn edges : head olive, 

 Varied with two or three white spots in the centre of the crown, and 

 a broad short band behind each eye. 



a. In spirits. Half grown. Port Essington, N. Australia. From 



Mr. Gilbert's collection. 



b. In fluid. Adult. Port Essington. Presented by J. B. Jukes, 



Esq. 



Var. 1 . With a continued pale streak down the lower part of 

 each side of the neck. 



c — e. In fluid. Nearly adult. Swan River. From Mr. Dring's 

 collection. 



/. In fluid. Houtman's Abrolhos. From Mr. Gilbert's collection. 



g. In fluid. Swan River. Purchased. 



h. Stuffed. Adult. Boston Island, S. Australia. Presented by 

 Hon. Capt. G. Grey. Called Mood-lud-nar. 



i. Stuffed. Adult. S. Australia. Presented by Hon. Capt. G. 

 Grey. 



/. Skin. Half grown. Swan River. From Mr. Mather's collec- 

 tion. 



k. Stuffed. Half grown. Australia. 



I. In spirits. Very young. Pale brown, rather darker varied and 

 much compressed. Port Essington. Presented by the Earl of 

 Derby. 



