366 COLUBRID. 
longer than deep; two pre- and two postoculars ; temporals 1+2 
or 2+2; nine upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; four 
or five lower labials in contact with the anterivr chin-shields, which 
are as long as or a little longer than the posterior, Scales in 17 
rows. Ventrals 196-207; anal entire; subcaudals 73-90 pairs. 
Brown above, yellowish beneath ; usually a brown spot at the outer 
end of each ventral. 
Total length 1080 millim. ; tail 180. 
Papuasia and Cape York. 
a-b, Hgr. (V. 202,204; Fly River, New Rev. S. Macfarlane [C.]. 
C. 75, 78). uinea, 
c-e. ¢ (V. 196; C.?) Murray Island, —_— Rey. S. Macfarlane [C.]. 
& hgr. (V. 198, 197 ; Torres Straits. 
C. ?, 79). 
f. Her. (V. 204; 0.79). Cape York. (Type of Zamenophis 
australis.) 
2. Stegonotus modestus. 
Lycodon modestus, part., Schley. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 119, pl. iv. figs. 
16 & 17 (1837). . arte 3 j . 
— modestum, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 879 (1854). 
—— lividum, Dum. § Bibr. t. ¢. p. 881; Jan, Icon. Gén. 36, pl. iv. 
fie. 4 (1870). 
Coronella rosenbergii, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxii. 1860, 
37 
Ablatee greineri, Bleek. 1. c. p. 43. 
Coluber holochrous, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 59, fig. 
Brachyrhyton modestum, Jan, Icon. Gén. 35, pl. ii. fig. 1 (1870). 
Lycodon parvus, A. B. Meyer, Mon. Berl, Ac. 1874, p. 187. 
aruensis, Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, vi. 1874, p. 352, pl. xii. 
fig. 7; Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. 1879, p. 61. 
Pseudolycodon lividus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1876, p. 533. 
Lielaphis modestus, part., Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 129. 
—- ping. Peters § Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, viii. 1878, 
. 397. 
Fis lividus, Peters § Doria, 7. c. p. 396. 
Rostral much broader than deep, the portion visible from above 
measuring about one fourth its distance from the frontal; inter- 
nasals about two thirds the length of the prefrontals; frontal as 
long as broad or a little longer, as long as or a little shorter than 
its distance from the end of the snout, much shorter than the 
parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; two (rarely one) pre- and two 
postoculars; temporals 1+2 or 242; seven or eight (rarely nine) 
upper labials, third and fourth (rarely fourth~and fifth) entering 
the eye; four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior 
chin-shields, which are as long as or a little longer than the 
posterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 175-212; anal entire; 
subcaudals 68-100 pairs. Upper parts brown, upper lip and lower 
parts yellowish; a brown spot may be present at the outer end of 
each ventral. 
Total length 1120 millim.; tail 260. 
Moluccas and Papuasia. 
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