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the eye, and marking the fourth and fifth upper labials, the vertical, 

 and nearly the whole of the oecipitals ; this black band is divided 

 from a second band covering the neck by a whitish space. 



I believe the present species is the first Simotes discovered in 

 Australia ; and I am much indebted to Dr. James C. Cox, who 

 found it in the neighbourhood of Port Curtis. A second specimen, 

 taken on the banks of the Clarence River, was given to me a few 

 days ago by Judge Francis. 



HOPLOCEPHALUS RaMSAYI, Sp. UOV. 



Scales in 15 rows. Anal bifid. Ventrals 164. Subcaudals 51. 

 Total length 10|" ; tail 2". 



Body rather elongate and rounded ; head scarcely distinct from 



neck, rather high and elongate, with obtuse muzzle ; rostral just 

 reaching to the surface of crown ; anterior frontals moderate, rounded 

 in front ; posterior ones larger, bent down on the sides ; one ante- 

 rior, two posterior oculars, the lower forming about one-fourth of 

 the orbit ; vertical narrow, six-sided, much longer than broad ; 

 superciliaries nearly the same size as the vertical ; oecipitals mode- 

 rate, not forked behind; six upper labials, the third and fourth 

 forming the lower part of the orbit ; no loreal, replaced by the elon- 

 gate nasal, second and third upper labial, anterior ocular, and bent 

 down anterior frontal. One nasal, pierced by the nostril ; scales 

 moderate, rhomboid, in fifteen rows ; tail rather short, scarcely di- 

 stinct from trunk, tapering ; eye moderate, pupil rounded ; grooved 

 fang in front, some smaller smooth teeth behind. 



Dark olive-green above, each scale tipped with reddish, in parti- 

 cular those on the sides ; crown and a narrow vertebral line, one 

 scale wide, somewhat darker than the other parts ; this line extends 

 to the root of the tail ; upper labials and chin-shields whitish, marked 

 with olive-brown in the upper corners. Beneath yellow, each ventral 

 scale with a blackish margin ; subcaudals nearly black. 



Mr. E. P. Ramsay discovered this new Snake in the neighbour- 

 hood of Braid wood, N. S. Wales ; it is apparently a young specimen, 

 its total length not exceeding 10| inches. 



HoPLOCEPHALUS NIGRO-STRIATUS, Sp. UOV. 



Scales in 15 rows. Anal entire. Ventrals 180. Subcaudals 62. 

 Total length 11"; tail 2^". 



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