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bioiiglit ill alive, and, siuce beiiij; preserved, tlie CMlour of the upper 

 surfaces tends to brownish ; but the belly remains bluish-grey. Tl>e flat 

 skin fiom (he Burnett River has been in spirits for soine vears, and the 

 biownisli tinoe is more evident than in the Willow Tree specimen. 



Total length of specimen figured 1835 mm., of whicli the tail is 

 175 mm. 



LocitUties. — Brisbane suburbs, type specimen, in Queensland Museum. 

 Eidsvold, Bui'nett fiiver, Queensland, in Australian Museum. Willow 

 Tree, New South Wales, in Australian Museum, figured, Reg.no. R. 7114. 



Hi*;. 9. Myp of portion of New South Wales and Queensland, showins the distrihiilion 

 of Dr>ii.\<>iiui .\ii/a. vur. dfvisi. O and l\i-iiiir,his mciloin-iisis. A 



