18 records op the australian .musetm. 



Ophiiha. 



'J'jlli/iliijis iijfiiiis, Bouleiiger. 

 Ih'iiiiiiisia fi'.rtHis, Dum. and Bibi-. 

 I'.-fi'itiJi'cIiis (iHxfrnlis^ Gri'ay. 



,, iiiiirtiiiii'iisis, de Vis. 



Dei/isdiiid iiiijresceiis, Gihitlier. 



,, cari)e}if<irlti', Macleay. 

 JliijihirrjiJidl IIS liifarij nut ii.<, Jan. 



Lacerthja. 



( I Ijlll iiiiihlrfill IIS III ill llsii\ BdI'V. 

 iJijildihlrfi/I IIS fil'iiiiiril iliht, de Vis. 



(Eihiru trijiiiii, de Vis. 



(jf'hijrn ii iisfrnl is^ Gray. 



Liiilis liii rhmi , (xvay. 



Vtiniiiiis jiiiiirfiifiis, Gi-ay, var. nriciifulis, Fry. 



Lijijiisiniiit (Jl iiiiilin) fiisciii/iifiiiii, (xiiiithei". 



,, (Iji'i(ili'iiisiiiii) III II ml II III , de \'is. 



,, ,, iii'i-Kiiii, Duiu. and Hil)i'. 



,, ( It'/iiiili'ini) /'/•'/;///(',( liiiitlier. 

 Cniiihililcji/iiiriis liniihuii, Desj., vai'. 

 ,, ',l''''!l'\ Gray. 



Vak'ants pi'N'ctati's, (Jnnj, var. (iK'iexi'ams, /•"/■. //(-/•. 



(Figs. 7-10.) 



Head scales small, flat, sub-equal ; largest and nidstly 

 hexagonal on tlie siiout and between the eyes ; smallest on the 

 supraorbital region, and veiy nuudi bi-oken up and ii-regulai' on 

 the occipital and pineal regions. Scales of back (tig. 7) flat, 

 not keeled, lai-gei- and niiicli in'onder tlian in the tvpical 

 Westei'n Australian I'orni. Dorsal st'ales of anteridi- h;ilt' of 

 tail (tig. 9) as long as or slightly longei' than i)road, keeh'd 

 ami produced into a distinct black spine, which arises well 

 inside the posterior margin of tlu' scale ; scab's smallest on the 

 base of the tail and becoming elongate and nu)re sharply keeled 

 towai'ds the extremity. Abdominal scales in 74-77 rows. 



('iilmir: — This vai'iety a])])eai's to const;intl\ dilTrr in the 

 greater bi'ilJiMncv of the yellow spots which extend lii^ht on to 

 the head, thus dilTering from tlu' tvjiical form in which the 

 head and shouhlei-s jire uniform i)riiwn. 



