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5. Stegonotus batjanensis. 
Coluber (Lielaphis) ney gen Giinth. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (8) xv. 
1865, p. 93, pl. ii. fig. A 
Rostral much broader than deep, the portion visible from above © 
measuring about one fourth its distance from the frontal ; internasals 
about half as long as the prefrontals ; frontal once and one third to 
once and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance from the 
end of the snout, much shorter than the parietals; loreal longer 
than deep; one pre- and two postoculars; temporals 142 or 
2+2; eight upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye; 
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 210-236; anal entire; subcaudals 78-87 pairs. 
Blackish brown above, paler brown on the head; young with yel- 
lowish-white narrow cross bars which widen towards the belly and 
the anterior of which are broken up on the middle of the base and 
alternate ; these markings become indistinct in the adult; sides of 
head yellowish, the shields black-edged ; lower parts yellowish, the 
lateral ends of the ventrals and the subcandals edged with black. 
Total length 1500 millim. ; tail 300. 
Moluccas. 
a. 2 (V. 236; C. 78). Batjan. Dr. Bleeker. Type) 
dag es (V. 210; C. 87) Gilolo. Dr. Platen [C.]. 
& yg. (V. 222; C. 83). 
6. Stegonotus? plumbeus. 
Herbertophis plumbeus, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. viii. 1884, 
p. 484. 
Frontal short and broad ; loreal oblong ; two pre- and two post- 
oculars ; nine upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the 
eye. Scalesin 17 rows. Ventrals 219; anal entire; subcaudals 
74 pairs. Uniform nitid leaden-black above, yellowish white on 
the belly ; the scales on the sides showing white edges as they 
approach the-ventral shields; subcaudals each with a black basal 
atch. 
: Total length 1200 millim. ; tail 235. 
Herbert River, Queensland. 
7. Stegonotus dumerilii. 
Lycodon miilleri, Dum. & Bibr. vii. p- 382 (1854); Giinth. Cat. 
203 (1858). 
Gdeutotnes miilleri, Giinth. Proc, Zool. Soe. 1879, p. 78. » 
Rostral slightly broader than deep, the portion visible from above 
measuring one third to one half its distance from the frontal ; 
internasals about two thirds the length of the prefrontals ; frontal 
once and one third to once\and a half as long as broad, as long as 
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