20 ox THE GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE 01' EREBOPHIS ASPER GTHR. 



The third specimen represents a younger stage ; its length 

 does not exceed 36.5 cm. and its coloration differs in so 

 far from the adult specimens that here the darker patches 

 on the back are no longer indistinct but well defined, 

 whereas a second series of smaller patches occurs on both 

 sides of the body, along the sides of the belly. This 

 specimen was forwarded to us some twelve years ago by 

 the late Dr. Bernstein who collected it in Salawatti. 



The finding of this snake not only in Duke-of- York- 

 Island , but in other islands west of the mainland of 

 New-Guinea as well as in the Bay of Geelvink, makes it 

 very probable that it may yet be brought from interme- 

 diate regions. 



Notes Irom tlie Leytlen Museum. 



