8TUI)lt:S IN AU.STKAI.IAN REPTILES. 



No. 1. 



BY 



J. RuV KlNiilliiKX, 



Assistant iu cliarge ut Herpetology, Aiistialiaii Museuui. 

 (Plate XX., and Figures 1-7.) 



The acquisition by (he Australian Museum of a specimen ot Dciiisuiu'ii 

 snta, Peters, bearing six j^ouiig in an advauced stage of development, 

 enables me to discuss the status of several s[)ecies of the genus hitherto 

 regarded as distinct. This very interesting specimen was secured by 

 Mr. W. W. Fi'oggatt, Government Entomologist, at Willow Tiee, New 

 South Wales, and I have been able to compare it with the holotype of 

 D. froiifalis, Ogilby, which is preserved in the Austrajiau Museum. 



I wisli to ackuow'ledge assistance fiom Mr. H. A. Longn)au, Director 

 of the Queensland Museum, who has examined the holotype of 1). frontalis 

 var. i)ro}iiiiqii((, De Vis, for me, and has furtliei' supplied valuable infoi'ui- 

 atiou and suggestions concerning the specimens under his chai'ge. I am 

 also very grateful to Mr. A. R. McCulloch of the Australian Museum for 

 liis very willing assistance and advice. 



Di';m>oma siiTA, I'eter'<. 



(Plate XX., ;ind Figures 1-7.) 



Ilni,h,rri,l,ahi.< s„h>s, Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Ht-riin. iSdii, p. 2'M. 



JJij^ilocejiliahis frt'inilHs, Petei's, Jjoc. rlt., 187(1, p. 646. 



Hoplocejihal itx I'ruiitnli'', Ogill)y, Proc. liinn. 8oc. N.S. Wales (2), iv. .">, 

 lS8<t, p. 1027. 



Ilnjihircjiliiil n^ slirJijHji, Lucas and Frost, Rept. Horn Sci. Ivxp. Cent. Anst., 

 Zool.. ii., l^!!»r),'p. 14!>, pi. xii.. Hg. 5. 



I ),')ii>;ii,iiii fiilK^ Boulenger, Brit. >Li,s. Cut. Snakes, iii., 1896, p. o',\9. /(/., 

 Waite and Longm-.m, lUn-. S.Aust. Mus.. i. 3. \9'20. p. 176, Hg. IM. 



Dciil'^OHiii t'rciniht, lioulengei', Rrit. Mus. C'at. Snakes, iii., Ib96, p. IVSS. 



Deiiisdin'it froiititlii), Boulenger, Lur. c//., p. ;>40. 



Dnii^imiii I'l-iiiiliilis var. jimjiiiKimi, De Vis, Ann. (^)ueensland Mus., No. 6. 



I'.ion.p. 51. 



