BY DENE B. FRY. 



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2. PSEUDELAPS MINUTUS, SJ)- nOV. 



(Text fig. 7.) 



Size very small ; habit moderate, tail short, tapering. 

 Head slightly distinct from neck ; eye much larger than 

 its distance from the mouth ; rostral a little broader than 

 deep, visible from above ; internasals shorter than the 

 prsefrontals, the latter contained twice or a little more 

 in the length of the frontal ; frontal once-and-three-quarters 

 to twice as long as broad, broadest behind, shorter than 

 the parietals, longer than its distance from the tip of the 

 snout, about as broad as or a little broader than the supra- 

 ocular ; nasal entire, in contact with the prseocular ; 

 nostril small ; praeocular single ; two postoculars ; tern- 



Fig. 7. — Psevddaps minutus. Fry. Drawn from tyj^e. Enlarged. 



porals 2 + 2, lower anterior wedged in between 5th and 6th 

 upper labials, in one specimen united with the sixth on 

 both sides of the head ; six upper labials, third and fourth 

 entering the eye ; six lower labials, anterior four in contact 

 with anterior chin shields, which are longer than the pos- 

 terior. Scales in 15 rows, quite smooth, with a dull sheen 

 Ventrals 148-153 ; sub-caudals single, 51-59, tail termina- 

 ling in a long cylindrical pointed scale. Anal entire. 



