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Syn. — JElaps coronatus, Grv^y \ -^^ecio coronatus, Diim. & Bib., 

 p. 1255, pi. Ixxvi., fig. 2; Macleaj, Census, sp. 72. T\\'o speci- 

 mens in the Public Museum. 



Zoc. — Port Lincoln. 



Ilab. — West Australia and Soutli Australia. 



IJr. HoPLOCEPHALrs cuRTUS, ScliJeg. 



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

 McCoy, Proc. Zool., Yict., Dec, 1 ; Macleay Census, sp. 74. 



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

 Bonney, Yorke's Peninsula, sandhills Glenelg, Kangaroo 

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

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

 without bands. Xext the Brown Snake our commonest snake. 



Hal. — All Australia. 



15. HoPLOCEPHALUS Masteesii, Krefft. 



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

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



Hah. — Plinders Bange, South Australia. Xot represented 

 in the Public Museum. 



16. HoPLOCEPHALrs K"rGEO-STEIATUS, Krefft. 



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

 pi. xii., fig. 3 ; Jan., &c. ; Alecto dorsalis, Jan. ; Macleay, 

 Census, sp. 83. 



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

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



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



17. HoPLOCEPHALrs sPECTABiLis, Krefft. 

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

 pi. xii., fig. -1. ; Macleay, Census of Australian Snakes, sp. 87. 

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



