BY DENE B. FRY. 91 



iv. DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF 

 PSEUDELAPS, AND A KEY TO THE GENUS. 



1. PsEUDELAPS CHRISTIEANUS, Sp. UOV. 



(Text fig. 6.) 

 Size moderate, habit moderate, tail rather stout. Head 

 slightly distinct from neck ; eye much larger than its dis- 

 tance from the mouth ; rostral tAvice as broad as deep, 

 plainly visible from above ; internasals two-thirds the 

 length of the prsefrontals ; prsefrontals contained once-and- 

 two-thirds in the length of the frontal, the lower posterior 

 corner just in contact Avith the third labial ; frontal much 

 broader in front than behind, once-and-one-fifth as long 

 as broad, three-quarters the length of the parietal, neai'ly 

 as long as its distance from the tip of the snout, more than 

 twice as broad as the small supraocular ; nasal entire, 



Fig. 6. — Pseuddaps christieanus. Drawn from type. Enlarged. 



widely separated from the prseocular, and separated from 

 each other anteriorly by a backward projection of the rostral ; 

 prseocular single, in contact with the front edge of the frontal ; 

 two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2, lower anterior wedged 

 in between 5th and 6th upper labials ; six upper labial, 

 third and fourth entering the eye ; seven or eight lower 

 labials, the first four in contact with the anterior chin 

 shields which are longer than the posterior. Scales smooth, 

 highly polished, in 17 rows. Ventrals, 165 ; anal divided. 

 Sub-caudals in 38 pairs.* 



* The very tip of this tail appears as though it might be injured, in 

 which case the above count wih be slightly below what it should be. 



