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** No white labial band. 



V AB. F. Pale grey, abdomen a little darker ; throat dark brown, 

 whitish-spotted on the sides ; lips with small dark vertical 

 bars ; back with several rather indistinct darker longitudinal 

 bands ; belly white-spotted. 21 series of scales. 



M. (S. Cornwallis Island. Rev. S, Macfarlane [C.]. 



V. S- Port Darwin. R. G. S. Buckland, Esq. [C.]. 



Vak. G. Like var. E, but with spotted lips as in var. F. (L. bur- 

 tonii, Gray, Zool. Ereb. & Terr, pi. viii. fig. 2.) 19 series of 

 scales. 



tv. 2 • W. Australia. 



x-z, c? & hgr. Swan River. 



Vab. H. No longitudinal bands, but generally a series of small 

 distant black spots along each side of the back ; lips spotted as 

 in F and G ; lower surfaces white-spotted. (L. bicatenata, 

 Gray.) 



a. 21 series of scales. 



a. 2 . Port Essington. Mr. Gilbert [C.]. (Type of 



L. bicatenata.) 



fi-y. c? . W. Australia. Sir J. Macgregor [P.]. 



S-f- (?• Islands of Torres Straits. Rev. S. Macfarlane [0.]. 



T). Hgr. Australia. Sir J. Richardson [P.]. 



d. 2 • Australia. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



I, cJ . ? Haslar Collection. 



b. 19 series of scales. 

 K. c?. Australia. 



Vae. I. Uniformly light-coloured, with a few small dark dots above 

 and beneath. (L. punctulata, var. concolor, Peters, I. c.) 



a. 21 series of scales. 



X. c?. Cape York. 



fi-v. c? . Australia. G. Kreffl, Esq. 



b. 19 series of scales. 



^. S • Australia. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



o-TT. S 2 • Australia. 



p. c?- Champion Bay, N.W. Mr. Duboulay [C.]. 



coast of Australia. 



