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ocular, tlieiice it extends to the nioutli at the jniiction of tht- tiftli and 

 sixth upper hibials wlieie it rises ao-ain till it joiiis and tVtrins the lower 

 border ot the niichiil collar. A dark vertebral line is often present, but it 

 may be i-ather feebly marked. Lower parts yellowish or white, Avith or 

 without a. broad bronze-coloured mcdinn line; occasionally the inner edge 

 of tlie ventral shields are darkly blotched transversely. 



Localities. — The lontlities of tlie various types are as follows: — 

 Deuiiiouia snta, Peters, Southern Australia. 

 Deitisuiiia frenata, Peters, Lake Elphiustone, (Queensland. 

 Hoplocephalus stirlingi, Lucas and Fi-ost, Central Australia. 

 Deiiisonia fro)ifidis, Ogilby, Narrabri, New South Wales. 

 Deiiisonia frontalis var. propiiiqira, De Vis, Queensland. 



The localities of all the specimens in the Australian Museum are 

 widely separated, the majority being fiom Nortli-AVestern New South 

 Wales; one is from Forbes, Western New South Wales; and tliree are 

 from Sylvauia, Queensland. A specimen has lately been recorded from 

 Moolooloo, South Australia.'' 



* Waite & Longman— Rec. South Aust. Mus., i., 8, 1920, p. 176. 



