•30 MEMOIES OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



REPTILES FROM QUEENSLAND AND THE 

 NORTHERN TERRITORY. 



By Heber A. Longman. 



(Plates XIV and XV.) 



SNAKES. 

 FURINA MULTIFASCIATA, sp. nov. 



A single specimen received from Port Darwin, through the courtesy of 

 Mr. G. F. Hill, Government Entomologist, is readily distinguished from pre- 

 viously described species by the larger number of ventrals and of white annuli 

 and the absence of internasals. Unfortunately w r e are unable to ascertain 

 whether this snake has the true cranial characteristics of other species of Furina, 

 although the outward appearance suggests strong affinities. It may be that 

 when further material is to hand and the cranium and dentition are available 

 for description, a new genus w T ill be needed to accommodate this species. 



Head small. Rostral wider than deep, portion visible from above shorter 

 than its distance from the frontal. The prefrontals are large and over two- 

 thirds the length of the frontal, but, as in Rhinhoplocephalus Mcolor, there are 

 no internasals. Frontal a little longer than broad, much broader than the supra- 

 ocular, as long as its distance from the end of the snout. Parietals as long as 

 their distanoe from the end of the snout. Nasals prominent, entire. Eye small ; 

 one large prasocular, one or two postoculars. Temporals 1 -f- 1, base of anterior 

 between fifth and sixth labials. Six labials, third and fourth entering eye; 

 first smallest, sixth largest. Anterior chin-shields larger than posterior, the 

 latter being separated by an azygous shield. Scales in 15 rows; ventrals 284; 

 subcaudals f £ 4- 1 ; anal divided. 



Shining black above. There are ninety narrow white annuli (enlarged 

 laterally) on the body, the first being on the nuchal region; no white markings 

 on head above, but the anterior labials and the infralabials are white. The 

 ventral surface is irregularly spotted. 



Length 365 mm. ; tail 16 mm. 



Type in Queensland Museum: Reg. No. Q.M. J 14/2019. 



PSEUDECHIS PORPHYRIACUS, Shaw. 



From Mr. C. G. Franklin, Hillview, Beaudesert district, the Museum 

 has received a specimen of the common black snake in which the anal plate 

 shows no sign of division. 



