368 COLTJBRID^. 



5. Stegonotus batjanensis. 



Coluber (Lielaphis) batjauensis, GUnth. Ann. ^- May. N. H. (3) xv. 

 1865, p. 93, pi. ii. fig-. A. 



llostral much broader than deep, the portion visible from above 

 measuring about one fourth its distance from the frontal ; internasals 

 about half as long as the praefrontals ; frontal once and one third to 

 once and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance from the 

 end of the snout, much shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer 

 than deep; one pra3- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 or 

 2 + 2 ; eight upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye; 

 five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which 

 are as long as or a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 17 

 rows. Ventrals 210-23(5 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 78-87 pairs. 

 Blackish brown above, paler brown on the head ; young with yel- 

 lowish-white narrow cross bars which widen towards the belly and 

 the anterior of which are broken up on the middle of the back and 

 alternate ; these markings become indistinct in the adult ; sides of 

 head yellowish, the shields black-edged ; lower parts yellowish, the 

 lateral ends of the ventrals and the subcaudals edged with black. 



Total length 1500 millim. ; tail 300. 



Moluccas. 



a. 9 (V. 2.36 ; C. 78). Batjan. Dr. Bleeker. (Type.) 



b-c. HgT. (V. 210 ; 0. 87) Gilulo. Dr. Platen [C.]. 



&yg. (V.222; C. 82). 



6. Stegonotus ? plumbeus. 



Herbertophis plumbeus, Macleay, Proc. Linii. Soc. N. S. W. viii. 1884, 

 p. 434. 



Frontal short and broad ; loreal oblong ; two prse- and two post- 

 oculars ; nine upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the 

 eye. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 219 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 

 74 pairs. Uniform nitid leaden-black above, yellowish white on 

 the belly ; the scales on the sides showing white edges as they 

 approach the ventral shields ; subcaudals each with a black basal 

 patch. 



Total length 1200 millim. ; tail 235. 



Herbert Eiver, Queensland, 



7. Stegonotus dumerilii. 



Lycodon miilleri, Dum. Sj- liibr. vii. p. 382 (1854) ; Giinth. Cat. 



p. 203 (1858). 

 Odoutomus miilleri, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1879, p. 78. 



Rostral slightly broader than deep, the portion visible from above 

 measuring one third to one half its distance from the frontal ; 

 internasals about two thirds the length of the praefrontals ; frontal 

 once and one third to once and a half as long as broad, as long as 



