295 



7. DlEMENIA MICROLEPIDOTA, McOoy. 



Small-scaled Brown Snake. Prod. Zool., Vict., Dec. Ill : 

 pi. 23, figs. 2 and 3. 

 Loc. — Sedan (Eothe). 

 Hah. — Junction of Murray and Darling. 



8. PsEUDECHis ArsTRALTS, Gray. 



Orange-bellied Brown Snake. Krefft, Snakes of Australia, 

 p. 47, pi. vii., 11 and lla ; Macleay, Census, &c., sp. 48. 



Loc. — Murray ; scarce in South Australia. One specimen 

 was found at Hindmarsli Island by Mr. J. R. Ewens. Only 

 one specimen, without locality, is in the Public Museum. 



Hah. — Murray E,iver and Port Denison. 



9. PsErCECHIS PORPHYRIACVS Wagl. 



Black snake. Krefft, Snakes of Australia, p. 46, pis. vii. 

 and xi., fig. 8; McCoy, Proc. Zool., Yict., Dec. 1. ; Macleay, 

 Census, sp. 50. 



Loc. — Murray, Lake Alexandrina (Dr. Stirling), Onkapa- 

 ringa, Coromandel Valley (Alex. Murray), Aldiuga. The 

 largest specimen in the Museum collection (a female) was 

 caught by Dr. E. C. Stirling on the Murray. It is more than 

 five feet long. 



10. Yermicella annitlata. Gray. 



Krefft's Snakes of Australia, p. 78, pi. xi., fig. 12, 12a; 

 McCoy, Proc. Zool., Yict., Dec. YII. ; Macleay, Census, &c., 

 sp. 66. 



Loc. — Einniss Eiver, Eeedy Creek, scrub six miles JST.E. from 

 Kadiua (Mr. Anthony), Koolunga (G-. Eullar, 1881), Neales, 

 near Eudunda (1884)^ Murray rocks (B. S. Eothe, Ap., 1887). 

 Seems to be scarce in the southern parts of this province. 



Hal). — All Australia. 



11. Yermicella Bertholdi, Jan. 



Jan, Iconographie des Ophidiens ; Macleay, Census, sp. 67. 

 Log. — XTno (Mr. C. M. Bagot). Two specimens — one young 

 and one matured — in the Public Museum. 

 Hah. — South Australia and West Australia. 



12. HOPLOCEPHALUS ATER, Krefft. 



Elinder's Snake. Krefft, Snakes of Australia, p. 55, pi. xi., 

 fig. 11 ; Macleay, Census, sp. 7a. (I have never seen a speci- 

 men of this species). 



Hah. — Elinders Eange, South Australia (Krefft). 



13. HoPLOCEPHALUS COROXATUS, ScllJec/. 



Krefft, Snakes of Australia, p. 62, pi. vi., fig. 3. 



