66 



Dendrophis lineolatus var. elegans, Boulenger, Transac. Zool. Soc. XX 1914, 

 p. 264. 



Differs from the preceding one in having squarely cut off 

 parietals ; head black above ; body olive-brown with black spots, 

 and black oblique bars anteriorly. 



Misol; New Guinea (Mt. Arfak, Koime river!, Humboldt Bay!, 

 Lorentz river). 



8. Dendrophis meeki Boulenger. 



Dendrophis Meeki, Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) XVI 1895, p. 32. 



Maxillary teeth 32 or 33; eye very large, as long as its 

 distance from the centre or the anterior border of the nostril. 

 Rostral almost twice as long as the praefrontals ; frontal as 

 long as its distance from the tip of the snout, much shorter 

 than the parietals; loreal more long than deep; one prae- and 

 two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 or 3 ; eight or nine upper 

 labials, fourth and fifth or fourth to sixth entering the eye; 

 five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; 

 latter shorter than the posterior. Scales in 13 rows, vertebrals 

 about as large as outer; ventrals 168 179; anal divided; sub- 

 caudals 137 147. 



Dark olive above; upper lip white, bordered above by a 

 black line passing through the eye. Lower surface pale olive, 

 freckled with dark. Length of head and body 740 mm.; 

 tail 420 mm. 



Type-specimens examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Haveri!, Moroka in Bartholomew 

 Range 2300 feet). Ferguson Island. 



9. Dendrophis nouhuysi Lidth. 



Dendrophis nouhuysi, v. Lidth de Jeude, Nova Guinea Vol. IX Zoologie 1911, 

 p. 277, Taf. VIII, fig. 3. 



Maxillary teeth 28; eye large, as long as its distance from 

 the anterior border of the nostril. Rostral more broad than 

 deep, visible from above ; internasals as long as the praefrontals; 

 frontal much longer than its distance from the tip of the snout, 

 about one time and a half as long as internasals and prae- 

 frontals together, shorter than the parietals ; loreal more long 

 than deep; one prae- and two postoculars; temporals 2 + 2 -f 2 

 or i + 2 + 2 ; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering 

 the eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 



