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Synopsis of the Species. 
Ventrals 232-252; subcaudals 51-62; 37- 
41 scales round the body; a series of 
Oe Aaa eee 1. australis, p. 105. 
Ventrals 210-225; subcaudals 50-58 ; 31- 
33 scales round the body; a series of 
MINCE SEL. 5 Gs 540000 sce on adeens 2. bibronii, p. 106. 
‘Ventrals 160-200 ; subcaudals 38-56 ; 33- 
43 scales round the body; two or ‘three 
labials entering the eye .........+.... 3. carinatus, p, 107. 
Ventrals 131-146; subcaudals 15-21; 33- 
39 scales round the body; a series of 
I os OE vidin.ns osc sk mlae caKaee 4, asper, p. 109. 
1. Enygrus australis. 
Eny, bibronii (non Hombr. § Jacq.), Girard, U.S. Explor. 
Beye » Herp. p. 117 (1858) ; Bavay, Mém. Soe. ‘Linn. Norm. xv. 
Boa australis, Montrouzier, Rev, et Mag. Zool. xii. 1860, p. 95. 
Snout prominent and obliquely truncate ; canthus rostralis 
rounded. Rostral broader than deep, not visible from above ; head- 
scales small, irregular, with small tubercles or short keels; eleven 
to fourteen scales from eye to eye across the forehead; eye sur- 
rounded by a circle of fourteen to eighteen scales; ten to fourteen 
upper labials, separated from the eye by a series of scales, Seales 
rather strongly keeled, the keels forming straight lines on the 
back ; 37 to 41 scales round the thickest part of the body. Ven- 
trals 232-252; anal entire; subcaudals 51-62. Coloration very 
variable ; no black line along the side of the belly. 
Total length 1130 millim.; tail 140. 
New Britain, Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, Loyalty Islands, 
Samoa. 
A. Brown, olive, or reddish above, with a series of large darker 
dorsal spots, which may be confluent into a zigzag band; a 
series of large light spots may be present along each side of 
the body; a dark streak on each side of the head, passing 
through the eye, and a dark cross bar from eye to eye ; belly 
spotted with brown or black. 
a. & (Sc. 37; V. 239; Duke of York Island, Rev. G. Brown[C.}. 
C, 55). 
b. 2 (Sc. 41; V. 237; San Christoval. Museum of Econo- 
C. 59). mic Geology. 
e-d. 2 (Se. 87; V. 233; Santa Anna Island, H. B. Guppy, Esq. 
©, 58) & har. (Se. 37 ; Solomons, [P.}. 
V. 244; OC. 55). 
é. 6 (Se. 87; V. 244; Loyalty Islands. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 
. 60). 
