THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF POISONOUS SNAKES 85 
Total length, 375 millimetres; tail 55. 
Habitat : New South Wales. 
(3) P. krefftic (fig. 44).—Nasal shield entire, in contact with the 
præocular ; 1 + 2 temporals ; 146—156 ventrals ; 26—38 subcaudals. 
Colour dark brown, with a light longitudinal line on each scale : 
a yellowish cross-band on the occiput, connected with another 
yellow band which encircles the snout. 
Beily- yellowish in front, black 
behind; subcaudals white, with a 
longitudinal black band running be- 
tween them. 
Total length, 255 millimetres ; 
tail 33. 
Habitat: Queensland. 
(4) P. harriette (fig. 45).—Nasal 
shield entire, in contact with or 
narrowly separated from the pre- 
ocular; 1+ 2 temporals; 176—193 
ventrals; 29—35 subcaudals. 
Colour dark brown, with a light 
longitudinal line on each scale; a 
long yellow blotch on the nape, and, 
connected with this, a yellow ring Fie. 46. —Pseudelaps diadema. 
round the snout; ventrals and sub- 
caudals brown or black, edged with white. 
Total length, 415 millimetres ; tail 45. 
Habitat : Queensland. 
(5) P. diadema (fig. 46).—Nasal shield entire, widely separated 
from the præocular ; 2 + 2 temporals; third and fourth upper labials 
entering the eye; 164—203 ventrals; 40—62 subcaudals. Colour 
pale brown or reddish, with a brown edging to each scale forming 
a reticulate pattern; a yellow cross-band on the occiput; belly 
uniformly white. 
Total length, 600 millimetres; tail 80. 
