Zoological Museunni of Lund and }[aliuo. 179 



117. Aipysurus australis^ Sauw. 

 Australia. 



Ventials 167-168. 



118. Platurus colubrinus, Sclin. 



119. Denisonia superba, Gthr. 

 Australia. 



One specimen differs from the description of tiie genus 

 Deiiisonia in having the poison-fangs followed by 7 small 

 solid teeth. Boulenger states (Cat. Snakes) the number to 

 be 3 to 5. 



120. Denisonia Gouldi^ Gray. 

 West Australia. 



121. Denisonia fasciata^ sp. n. 



Eye moderate. Rostral broader than deep, visible from 

 above. Internasals sliorter than the praefrontals, broader 

 than long. Frontal once and one fourth to once and one 

 third as long as broad, shorter than its distance from the 

 rostral, shorter than the parietals, much broader than the 

 supraoculars. Nasal entire, narrowly in contact Avitli the 

 prseocular. Two postoculars, upper in contact with the 

 parietal. Six upper labials, second and third in contact with 

 the pra?ocular, third and fourth entering the eye. Temporals 

 2 + 1 or 2, lower anterior wedged in between the fiftli and 

 sixth upper labials. Three lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields. The posterior chin-shields separated 

 by scales, about as long as the anterior. Scales in 17 

 rows. Ventrals 153-165. Anal entire. Subcaudals 28-31. 

 Yellow (? in spirit), with large indistinct brown spots or 

 cross-bands. 



Total length 410 mm. ; tail 47. 



West Australia. 



Two specimens, belonging to the Museum of Lund, col- 

 lected by Dr. N. Hoist, 1897. 



Seems to be closely allied to D. maculata, Stdr. 



122. Rhynchelaps Bertholdi, Jan. 

 West Australia. 



123. Rhynchelaps fasciolatus, Gthr. 

 West Australia. 



121. Bungarus fasciatus, Schn. 

 Java. 



