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B. Pale olive- brown above, each scale edged with black, with 

 yellowish, black-cdgod spots and cross bars ; or witli three 

 yellowish stripes, the middle one partly broken up into spots ; 

 upper labials black-edited; lower parts pale yellow, the ])0s- 

 terior ventrals and the subcaudals spotted or edged with black. 

 (Morelia varieyata, Krcfft.) 



h. 2 (Sc. 51; V. 27(3; 



C. 7(5). 

 i. Ilgr. (Sc. 47 ; V. i'80 ; 



C. 90). 

 k. rigr., stflU. 

 I. Ad., skel. 



New South Wales. Australian Museum. 

 New South Wales. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



Australia. 

 Australia. 



Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



C. Pale brown with dark brown black-edged spots or cross bands, 

 or dark brown with lighter markings ; head with symmetrical 

 dark brown markings ; upper lip unitbrm yellowish, or only 

 the anterior labials black-edged; a light dark-edged streak 

 may be present along each side of the anterior part of the 

 body ; lower parts yellowish, more or less spotted with black. 

 (Morelia I'arityaia, ,Gray.) 



m. 2 (Sc. 51 ; V. 280 ; Moreton Bay. 



C. 82). 

 n. Yg. (Sc. 49 ; V. 294 ; Port Essington. 



C. 89). 

 0. 2 (^c. 47; V. 259; Port Essington. 



C. 81). 

 p, q. Hor. (So. 49 ; V. 290 ; I'ort Essington. 



0. 82) & yg. (Sc. 49 ; 



V. 281 ; C. 89). 

 r. Ilgr. (Sc. 45 ; V. 2G1 ; Port Essington. 



C. 75). 

 s. 2 (Sc. 49 ; V. 282 ; Port Parwin. 



0. 87). 

 t. Yg. (Sc. 49 ; V. 289 ; N.W. Au.slralia. 



C. 87). 

 It, V. Yg. (Sc. 49, 47 ; V. 200, Iloutuian's 



261 ; C. 75, 73). Abrolhos. 



tc, .(•, I/. Yg. (Sc. 45, 49, 49 ; Swan lliver. 



V. 21)2, -258, 251 ; C. G3, 



05, 78). 

 z. Ilgr., stfld. Boston Id., S. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



Australia. 



J. Macgillivray, Esq. 



Mr. Gilbert [C.]. 



.T.B.Juko.«,Esq.[P.]. 

 (Types of M. varieyata.) 

 Lord Derby [P.]. 



R. G. S. Buckland, 



Esq. [C.]. 

 Capt. Stokes [C.]. 



Mr. Gilbert [C.]. 



2. Python ainethystinus. 



Boa amcthystina, Sclnuid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 254 (ISOl), and 



Denkschr.Akad. MiincJt. vii. 1821, p. 117, pi. vii. 

 Python aiuethvstiuus, Daud. Itcpt. v. p. 230 (1803) ; iSchley. P/ii/s. 



:Serp. ii. p. 415), pi. xv. figs. 8 10 (1837). 

 LiasLs amothvstiuus, Orai/, Zmd. Miacell. p. 44 (1842) ; Diim. ^- Bibr. 



vi. p. 433 (1844) ; Gray, Cat. p. 91 (1849) ; Jaa, Icon. (Jen. p. 98, 



1. 9, pi. vi. (18U4) ; Uoria, Ann. Mas. Geuoca, vi. 1874, p. 353 ; 



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