215. G@LYPHODON. 313 
1. Ogmodon vitianus. 
Ogmodon vitianus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1864, p. 275, pl. —. fig. 4, 
and 1880, pe 223. ; 
. Labionaris filholii, Broccht, Bull. Soc. Philom. (6) xii. 1876, p. 94. 
Snout elongate, pointed, projecting. Rostral deeper than broad, 
visible from above; internasals small, about one third the length of 
the prefrontals; frontal twice as broad as the supraocular, once 
and a half to once and two thirds as long as broad, as long as ora 
little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than 
the parietals; preocular at least twice as long as deep (in one 
specimen fused with the third labial); one postocular; six upper 
labials, second in contact with the prefrontal, fourth and fifth 
entering the eye, sixth very large and in contact with the parietal ; 
three lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which 
are larger than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 139- 
_ 152; anal divided; subcaudals 27-38. Dark brown or blackish 
above, lighter brown on the sides; young with a yellow blotch on 
the parietal shields ; belly brown or white, more or less spotted with 
black; tail black. 
— _ Total length 360 millim.; tail 45. 
Fiji Islands. 
a-b. 5 (V. 152; C. 38) Viti Levu. Dr. J. G. Fischer. 
& yg. (V. 189; C. 38). 
ce. 2 (V. 146; C. 33). Fiji Islands. Christiania Museum. 
d. 2 (V. 140; C. 35). Fiji Islands. Museum Godeffroy. 
e. d (V. 141; C. 35). Fiji Islands. Dr. Giinther [P.]. 
f, 9 skeleton. Viti Levu. 
215. GLYPHODON. \ 
Glyphodon, part., Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 210 (1858). 
Brachysoma, part., Krefft, Sn. Austral. p. 48 (1869). 
Maxillary extending forwards as far as the palatine, with a pair 
_of large grooved poison-fangs, followed, after a wide interspace, by 
6 small grooved teeth ;~mandibular teeth feebly grooved, anterior 
strongly enlarged, fang-like. Head small, not distinct from neck ; 
eye very small, with round or vertically subelliptic pupil; nostril 
pierced between two nasals; no loreal. Body cylindrical; scales 
smooth, without pits, in 17 rows; ventrals rounded. Tail short; 
subcaudals in two rows. 
New Guinea and North Australia. 
In this genus the pre- and postfrontals meet, excluding the frontal 
from the orbital periphery, as in the Sea-snakes of the genera Distira 
and Enhydris, which are likewise distinguished by feeble grooves on 
all the maxillary teeth. 
