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rate ; no loreal ; two nasals, posterior one pierced by the nostril ; 

 one anterior, three posterior oculars. Scales smooth, very im- 

 bricate, in nineteen rows on the back, in twenty-one or twenty- 

 three on the neck. Anal entire ; subcaudals two-rowed. Grooved 

 fang in front, without any smaller teeth behind. South Africa. 



Smith, III. of S. Afr. App. p. 22. 



1. Cyrtophis scutatus. 



Smith, III. of S. Afr. App. p. 22. 



Olive (in spirits) ; body and tail encircled with broad black, 

 complete rings, sometimes obsolete ; a large spot, pointed in 

 front, on the neck, and a black cross band between the eyes, 

 always conspicuous. 



a, b. Adult. South Africa. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 



10. Pseudonaja, Gunther. 



Body and tail moderate ; belly fiat ; head high, quadrangular, 

 not very distinct from neck, with moderate, rounded muzzle. 

 Rostral large, much produced backwards; anterior frontals smaller 

 than posterior ones ; vertical moderate ; no loreal, replaced by 

 the conjunction of posterior frontal, anterior ocular, second upper 

 labial and posterior nasal ; one anterior, two posterior oculars ; 

 two nasals, nostril between. Scales smooth, not much imbricate, 

 in seventeen rows on the back. Anal bifid ; subcaudals two- 

 rowed ; anterior ribs not longer than following, rather more 

 slender. Grooved fang in front, a series of smaller equal teeth 

 behind. Australia*. 



1. Pseudonaja nuchalis. 



Front side of the vertical shield shorter than the longest of 

 the other edges ; anterior frontals with a convex edge behind, 

 and a rather obtuse angle in front. Brownish olive, with very 

 broad dark cross bands, darkest on the neck ; cross bands some- 

 times obsolete, except that on the neck. 



a. Adult. N.W. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



b. Young. N.W. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



c. Adult : skin in spirits. Port Essington. Presented by the 



Earl of Derby. 

 Description. — Body and tail moderate, belly flat ; head mode- 

 rate, quadrangular, hardly distinct from neck, not depressed, with 



* To this genus perhaps belongs Pseudoelaps superciliaris, Fischer, 

 Abhdlg. Geb. Naturw. Hamb. 1856. The figure does not correspond 

 to the description. 



