66 



Dendrophis Imeolatus var. elegdns^ Boulenger, Transac. Zool. Soc. XX 1914, 

 p. 264. 



Differs from the preceding one in having squarely cut off 

 parietals; head black above; body olive-brown with black spots, 

 and black oblique bars anteriorly. 



Misol; New Guinea (Mt. Arfak, Koime river!, Humboldt Bay!, 

 Lorentz river), 



8. Dendrophis meeki Boulenger. 



Dendrophis Meeki^ Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) XVI 1895, p. 32. 



Maxillary teeth 32 or 33; eye very large, as long as its 

 distance from the centre or the anterior border of the nostril. 

 Rostral almost twice as long as the praefrontals ; frontal as 

 long as its distance from the tip of the snout, much shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal more long than deep ; one prae- and 

 two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 or 3 ; eight or nine upper 

 labials, fourth and fifth or fourth to sixth entering the eye; 

 five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; 

 latter shorter than the posterior. Scales in 13 rows, vertebrals 

 about as large as outer; ventrals 168 — 179; anal divided; sub- 

 caudals 137 — 147. 



Dark olive above; upper lip white, bordered above by a 

 black line passing through the eye. Lower surface pale olive, 

 freckled with dark. Length of head and body 740 mm.; 

 tail 420 mm. 



Type-specimens examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Haveri !, Moroka in Bartholomew 

 Range 2300 feet). — Ferguson Island. 



9. Dendrophis nouhuysi Lidth. 



Dendrophis nouhuysi^ v. Lidth de Jeude, Nova Guinea Vol. IX Zoologie 191 1, 

 p. 277, Taf. VIII, fig. 3. 



Maxillary teeth 28; eye large, as long as its distance from 

 the anterior border of the nostril. Rostral more broad than 

 deep, visible from above ; internasals as long as the praefrontals; 

 frontal much longer than its distance from the tip of the snout, 

 about one time and a half as long as internasals and prae- 

 frontals together, shorter than the parietals ; loreal more long 

 than deep; one prae- and two postoculars; temporals 24-2 + 2 

 or I + 2 + 2 ; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering 

 the eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 



