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the previous and the following descriptions of A. ramsayi are due 

 to the incorporation of the features of my second example. 



A. melanocejjhalus, KreiFt. The portion of the rostral visiVjle 

 from above one-third to half as long as its distance from the 

 frontal, internasals as broad as long, posterior prsefrontals just 

 touching each other in front of the frontal, parietals subdivided 

 into small shields, one lai'ge loreal, eleven or twelve upper labials, 

 the sixth broadly entering the eye, lower labials fourteen (Krefft) 

 to sixteen. Scales in forty-nine to fifty-five rows, ventrals three 

 hundred and twenty-one to three hundred and thirty, anal entire, 

 subcaudals- sixty to sixty-four. 



A. ramsayi, Macleay. The portion of the rostral visible from 

 above one-fifth as long as its distance from the frontal, internasals 

 longer than broad, posterior pra'frontals in contact for some 

 distance in front of the frontal, parietals large, separated bj' small 

 shields, two or three loreals, fourteen upper labials, the seventh 

 just entering the eye, lower labials nineteen. Scales in fifty- 

 three to sixty-three rows, ventrals two hundred and ninety-three 

 (Macleay) to two hundred and ninety-nine, anal entire or ('/) 

 divided (Macleay), subcaudals fifty-three. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 



Aspiilite-'i ramsayi. 



Fig. L^Head; upper view; nat. size. 

 Fig. 2. —The same; profile; nat. size. 

 Fig. .3. — Circumocular shields; x 2. 



A. mdaiiocephahi^. 

 Fig. 4. — Circumocular shields; x 2. 



