86 COLUBRID^. 



? Dendropliis breviceps, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. 1877, 



p. 37. 

 Dendropliis punctulatus, part., Peters Sf Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, 



xiii. 1878, p. 390. 

 PDendrophis papure, Douglas-Ogilhy, Pec. Austral. Mus. i. 1891, 



p. 198. 

 Deudrophis elegans, DoiKjlas-Oyilby, I. c. p. 199. 



Maxillary teeth 27 to 32. Eye very large, as long as its distance 

 from the centre or the anterior border of the nostril. Rostral once 

 and two thirds to once and three fourths as broad as deep, just 

 visible from above ; internasals as long as or a little longer than 

 the pnefrontals ; frontal once and one fourth to once and a half as 

 long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, as 

 long as or a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal nearly twice as 

 long as deep : one prse- and two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2, 1 + 2, 

 or 1 + 1 ; eight or nine upper labials, fourth and fifth or fifth and 

 sixth entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the ante- 

 rior chin-shields, which are much shorter than the posterior. Scales 

 in 13 rows, vertebrals about as large as outer. Ventrals 173-203 ; 

 anal divided ; subcaudals 131-151. Olive above, some or all of the 

 scales black-edged ; some of the lateral scales with more or less 

 distinct yellowish or whitish outer border ; head dark olive-brown 

 or blackish above, upper lip yellow ; anterior part of body often 

 with black oblique cross bars ; throat and lower surface of neck 

 yellow ; belly and lower surface of tail greenish or greyish olive, the 

 keels yellowish ; a blackish streak along the middle of the lower 

 surface of the tail. 



Total length 1820 millim. ; tail 570. 



Pelew Islands, New Guinea, New Ireland. 



a-b. cf (V. 173; C. 131) Telew Islands. Museum Godeffroy. 



&hgr.(V. 177;C.139). 

 c-d. $ (V. 187;C.?)& N.W. New Guinea. M. A. Linden [C.]. 



hgi-. (V. 191 ; C. 147). 

 e-g. $ (V. 191,193, 193; Fly River. Rev. S. xMacfarlaue 



C. 139, 136, 143). [C.]. 



/*. $ (V. 203 ; C. 151). Aleya, S.E. New 



Guinea. 

 i. (S (V. 192 ; C. 142). Duke of York Id. Rev. G. Brown [C.]. 



(Type of D. macrojis.) 



9. Dendrophis gastrostictus. (Plate IV. fig. 3.) 



Maxillary teeth 33. Eye very large, as long as its distance from 

 the anterior border of the nostril. Rostral nearly twice as broad as 

 deep, just visible from above ; internasals as long as the pra;frontals ; 

 frontal once and one third as long as broad, as long as its distance 

 from the end of the snout, much shorter than the parietals ; loreal 

 once and two thirds as long as deep ; one prse- and three postoculars ; 

 temporals 2 + 2; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the 

 eye ; four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

 shields, which are much shorter than the posterior. Scales in 13 



