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5. Typhlops nigrescens. Gray, 

 Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus , p. 136. — Krefft, Snakes of Australia, p. 

 17, pi. 5., figs. 12, 12a, 26. Syn. T. polygrammicus Schleg. — 

 Krefft (loc. cit.) T. Kussellii Jan. — Krefft (loc. cit.), pi. V., fig. 

 11. T. Temminckii, Jan. Icon. 

 Hab. — Neighbourhood of-Sydney. 



6. Typhlops unguirostris. Peters. 

 Monatsb. der Akad. Wis. Berlin., 1867, p. 708, fig. 3. 

 Hab. — Queensland. 



7. Typhlops wiedii. Peters. 

 Monatsb. der Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1867, p. 24. 

 Hab. — Brisbane. 



Family. BOIDJE. 



Genus. MORELIA. Gray. 



8. MORELIA SPILOTES. 



(The Diamond Snake.) 



Gray. Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., p. 85. — Krefft, Snakes of Australia, 

 p. 29, pis. 1 and V., figs. 1, 2. 



Hab. — East Coast of New South Wales. 



9. MORELIA VARIEGATA. 



{The Carpet Snake. .) 



Gray, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., p. 86. — Krefft, Snakes of Australia, 

 p. 31, pi. II. 



Hab. — Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, and inland parts 

 of New South Wales. 



Genus. LIASIS. Gray. 



10. Liasis amethystinus. Gray. 



Zool. Misc., 44.— Dura, and Bibr. Erp. Gen., VI., 432.— Cat. 

 Brit. Mus. p 91.— Krefft, Snakes of Australia, pi. V., figs. 5, 5a. 



Hab. — North Australia, Cape York, Herbert River, Islands of 

 Torres Straits. 



