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Sju. — JElaps coronatus, Grray ; Alecto coronatus, Dum. & Bib., 

 p. 1255, pi. Ixxvi., Hg. 2; Macieay, Census, sp. 72. Two speci- 

 mens in the Public Museum. 



Loc. — Port Lincoln. 



JIab. — West Australia and Soutli Australia. 



14. HoPLOCEPHALrs cuRTUS, Sclihg. 



Tiger or Brown-banded Snake. Krefft, Snakes of Australia. 

 McCoy, Proc. Zool., Vict., Dec. 1 ; Macieay Census, sp. 74. 



Loc. — Murray, around Lake Alexandrina, Coorong, Lake 

 Bonney, Yorke's Peninsula, sandhills Glenelg, Kangaroo 

 Island, &c. The largest sjDCcimen I have seen was four feet 

 long. Prom light brown to entirely black coloured, banded or 

 without bands. jSText the Brown Snake our commonest snake. 



Hah. — All Australia. 



15. HoPLOCEPHALTJS Masteesii, Krefft. 



Master's Snake. Krefft, Snakes of Australia, p. 63, pi. xii., 

 fig. 6 ; Macieay, Census, sp. 79. 



Hah. — Plinders Eange, South Australia. !N'ot represented 

 in the Public Museum. 



16. HoPLOCEPHALrs NIGEO-STEIATUS, Krefft. 



Black-striped Snake. Krefft, Snakes of Australia, p. 70, 

 pi. xii., fig. 3 ; Jan., &c. ; Alecto dorsalls, Jan. ; Macieay, 

 Census, sp. 83. 



Loc. — Sedan, Murray Scrub (B. S Eothe, many specimens) ; 

 Beetaloo Waterworks (two specimens, Dr. E. C. Stirling.) 



Hah. — Eockhamptou, Cleveland Bay, and South Australia. 



17. HoPLOCEPHALUS SPECTABILIS, Krefft. 



Port Lincoln Snake. Krefft, Snakes of Australia, p. 61., 

 pi. xii., fig. 4. ; Macieay, Census of Australian Snakes, sp. 87. 



Loc. — Balhanuah (Guest), Bungaree (Ed. Easton), Ardrossan 

 (Cadd), St. Vincent (R. and E. Penbertv), Millbrook (Fred. 

 Tippett), Glen Osmond (Ch. and Alf. Stroud), Sedan (B. S. 

 Eothe), Murray Bridge (Newman), Belair (O. Tepper), Port 

 Lincoln (Krefft), Scott's Creek, near Nairne (Prof. E. Tate), 

 Teatree Gully (Dr. Angove). 



Hah. — South Australia. 



18. HoPLOCEPHALrs TEMPORALIS, Gould. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) Vol. II., p. 130, pi. ix. Krefft, 

 Snakes of Australia, p. (5o, pi. vi., fig. 5, ba ; Macieay, Census, 

 sp. 90. Five specimens in the British Museum from South 

 Australia. 



Loc. — L^nknown. 



