216. PsEUDELAPS,. 315 
subcaudals 38-52, all in pairs or a few of the anterior single. Dark- 
brown or blackish above, the scales edged with lighter ; occiput and 
nape often yellowish or pale reddish brown; belly yellow, outer 
ends of the ventrals dark brown; subcaudals dark brown in front, 
yellow behind. 
Total length 900 millim.; tail 125. 
North-eastern Australia and South-eastern New Guinea. 
a. 6 (V.179; C. 48). N.E, Australia. J. Oe (Tyees Esq. 
(Type 
6. 3 (V.175; C. 52). N.E. Australia. G. Krefft, Esq. [ P.]. 
ce. Hgr. (V. 165; C. 42). Torres Straits, Rev. 8. Macfarlane{C.]. 
d. 2 (V. 166; 0.41). Cornwallis L,. Torres Rev. 8. Macfarlane|C. |. 
Straits. 
e-t. ¢ (V.172,172, 170, Murray I . Torres Rev.S. Macfarlane ([C.]. 
169, 169; C. 46, 43, Straits. . 
47, 45, 46). 
k. 3 (V.170; C.47). Murray IL, Torres Prof. A.C. Haddon [P.]}. 
Straits. 
l-m. Q ss 169, 171; S.E. New Guinea. Rey. S. Macfarlane [C.]. 
C. 40, 
n-0. 2 Ww 174; C, 46) Fly River. Rev.S. Macfarlane [C.]. 
&h er. cy. 168; C.43). 
p. Skull of g. 
216. PSEUDELAPS. 
Elaps, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 485 (1837). 
Pseudelaps, part., Dum. § Bibr. Mém. Ac. Se. xxiii, 1853, p. 517, and 
Erp. Gén. vii. p. 12381 (1854).;. Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 115 (1863). 
Furina, part., Dum. § Bibr. ll. cc. pp. 517, 1236. 
Glyphodon, part., Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 210 (1858). 
Diemansia, part., Giinth. 1. c. p. 211. 
Brachysoma, part., Giinth, 1. ce. p. 228; Krefft, Sn. Austral. p. 48 
(1869). 
Cacophis, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (8) xii. 1868, p. 361; Krefft, 
lec. p. 78. 
Petrodymon, Krefft, Sn. Sydney, p. 55 (1865), and J. e. p. 72. 
Maxillary extending forwards as far as the palatine, with a pair 
of large grooved poison-fangs followed, after a wide interspace, by 
8 to 12 small grooved teeth; anterior mandibular teeth strongly 
enlarged, fang-like. Head slightly distinct from neck; eye small, 
Fig. 23. 
Left maxillo-palatal bones of Pseudelaps muelleri. 
epg. Ectopterygoid. m. Maxillary. Pg. Pterygoid. p/. Palatine. 
with vertically elliptic pupil; nasal single or divided; no loreal. 
Body cylindrical; scales smooth, without pits, in 15 or 17 rows; 
ventrals rounded. ‘Tail nioderate orshort; subcaudals in two rows. 
Australia, Moluccas, Papuasia. 
