Fig. 109. Pseudechis australis (Gray). 

 Side view of head. 



26 9 



eye, third larger than fourth ; three lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields; latter shorter than the posterior, 



which are separated 

 by a scale.- Scales in 

 17 rows, 19 or 20 

 on the neck; ventrals 

 199 220; anal divided; 

 subcaudals 57 70, the 

 26 41 anterior single. 

 Pale brown above ; 

 yellowish below. 

 Length of head and 

 body 910 mm.; tail 

 170 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the British Museum. 

 Habitat: S. New Guinea (Etna Bay!). N. and N. E. 

 Australia. 



2. Pseudechis papuanus Ptrs. & Doria. 



Pseudechis papuanus^ Peters & Doria, Ann. Mus. Geneva XIII 1878, p. 409. 

 Pseudechis papuamis^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Ill 1896, p. 331. 



Eye smaller than its distance from the mouth. Rostral 

 more broad than deep, visible from above; posterior nasal in 

 contact with the praeocular; internasals smaller than the prae- 

 frontals; frontal small, as long as the praefrontals, half as long 

 as the parietals ; one prae- and two postoculars; temporals 

 2 + 2, lower anterior large, wedged in between the fifth and 

 sixth labials; six upper labials, third and fourth entering the 

 eye, third larger than fourth; three lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields ; latter shorter than the posterior, 

 which are separated by two scales. Scales in 19 or 21 rows, 

 26 or 27 on the neck; ventrals 221 224; anal divided; sub- 

 caudals 49 6 1 ; the 26 or 27 anterior single. 



Blackish above and below, chin whitish. Length of head 

 and body 1690 mm.; tail 210 mm. 



Habitat: S. E. New Guinea (Yule Island, Port Moresby, 

 Rigo !). 



\. Pseudechis scutellatus Peters. 



Pseudechis scutellatus^ Peters, Mon. Bed. Ac. 1867, p. 710. 

 Pseudechis scutellatus^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Ill 1896, p. 331. 



