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eyes small; pupils round or vertically subelliptic ; nostrils pierced 
between 2 nasal shields. Body cylindrical; scales smooth, in 17 
rows; tail short; subcaudals in 2 rows. 
G. tristis.—Ventral scales 165—179 ; subcaudals 38—52. 
Colour dark brown; occiput often yellowish, or pale reddish- 
brown; belly yellow. 
Total length, 900 millimetres ; tail 125. 
Habitat: North-eastern Australia and South-eastern New 
Guinea. 
(c) Pseudelaps. 
Maxillaries extending forwards as far as the palatines, with a 
pair of large grooved poison-fangs, and, after a wide interval, 
8—12 small grooved teeth. The anterior mandibular teeth are 
of large size, almost like fangs. Head hardly distinct from the 
neck; eyes small, with vertically elliptic pupils. Body cylindrical ; 
scales smooth, in 15—17 rows. Tail moderate or short; sub- 
caudal scales in 2 rows. 
(1) P. muelleri.—Scales in 15 rows. Nasal shield divided, in 
contact with the preocular; 2+2 temporals; 139—176 ventral 
scales ; 21—35 subcaudals. 
Colour brown, with a light vertebral line ; a more or less distinct 
dark, light-edged streak on each side of the head, passing through 
the eye; belly yellowish or coral-red, uniform or spotted with 
black. 
Total length, 500 millimetres ; tail 70. 
Habitat : Moluccas, New Guinea, New Britain. 
(2) P. squamulosus.—Seales in 15 rows. Nasal shield divided, 
in contact with the preocular; 1 + 2 temporals ; 170—183 ventrals ; 
34—52 subcaudals. 
Jolour brown, with a yellowish streak round the snout and 
through the eyes to the nape; belly whitish, with confluent black 
. 
spots forming lines on each side. 
