the latter bordering the first labial and the internasal compa- 

 ratively narrow; praeocular large, in contact with the nasal. 

 Maxillary teeth 2 grooved ones, followed by four grooved 

 teeth, gradually decreasing in length. Body round, covered 

 with smooth scales, in 15 rows; ventrals rounded. Tail short; 

 subcaudals in two rows. 



Distribution. New Guinea. 



A single species. 



i. Pseudapistocalamus nymani Lonnberg. 



Pseudapistocalamus Nymani, Lonnberg, op. cit. 



Snout short, bluntly rounded. Rostral more broad than deep, 

 visible from above; internasals small, about half as long as 

 the praefrontals; frontal almost as long as its distance from 

 the rostral, much shorter than the parietals; a prae- and two 



Fig. 105. Pseiidapistocalamus nymani Lonnberg. Nat. size. Side view of head. 



postoculars, the upper largest; temporals I + 2; six (seven) 

 upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye, sixth largest, 

 sometimes divided; three lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields; latter longer than the posterior, which are 

 sometimes separated by a scale. Scales in 15 rows; ventrals 

 188 205; anal divided; subcaudals 26 43. Tail ending in a 

 pointed scale, which is keeled above. 



Dark bronze-brown or blackish, iridescent above; flanks 

 lighter; upper lip and a spot on each side of the nape yel- 



