ON A NEW SNAKE FROM THE BARRIER RANGES. 

 By William Macleay, F.L.S., &c. 



Among a small collection of reptiles made at Milparinka by Mr 

 Charles Macarthur King, P.M., and pi-esented by him to the 

 Australian Museum, I find an undescribed species of the genus 

 Furina. Two species have been previously described. Furina 

 himaculata, Dum. and Bibr., an inhabitant of Western Australia, 

 and Furina hicucullata, M'Coy, found in the colony of Victoria. 



The present species I propose to name after the distinguished 

 Curator of the Australian Museum, E. P. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., &c. 



Furina Ramsayi. 



Scales in 17 rows. 



Ventral plates 1G2 



Sub-caudals 38/38 



Anal plate bifid. 



Total length 1.5 inches. 



Tail 2^ inches. 



Colour reddish yellow on the back, whitish yellow beneath. The 

 upper sui'face of the head and a broad band behind the head, black, 

 the muzzle and a broad collar on the back of the head, white. 

 Four, or in some cases five narrow black bands or rings, not 

 extending to the ventral plates, cross the body at almost regular 

 intervals ; the last at the junction of the tail ; the tip of the tail is 

 also black. 



The head plates are like those of F. cucullata, but the rostral 

 shield seems to be more triangularly rounded between the anterior 

 frontals, and the vertical is almost quite truncate in front ; the 

 anterior ocular and the nasal at their junction completely separate 

 the posterior frontal and second labial." 



The three species of the genus Furina have a strong general 

 resemblance, particularly in the colouration of the head, but they 

 differ in other respects as widely as in their distribution. Thus in 

 F. himaculata the scales are in 15 rows, the belly plates are 200, 

 and the sub-caudals 21/21, while in F. bicucullata the scales are as 



