318 COLUBRID. 
a. Hgr.(V.176;0.47), Near Sydney. G. Kyefft, Esq. [P.]. 
b,c. ¢ (V. 178; C. 52) Port Macquarie. 
& 2 (V.188; C. 34). 
3. Pseudelaps krefftii. 
Cacophis krefftii, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (8) xii. 1863, p. 361; 
Krefft, Sn. Austral. p. 74, pl. xi. fig. 5 (1869). 
Eye as long as its distance from the mouth. Rostral twice as 
broad as deep, scarcely visible from above ; internasals shorter than 
prefrontals ; frontal once and one fourth as long as broad, a little 
longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 
parietals ; nasal entire, in contact with the single preocular; two 
postoculars; temporals 142; six upper labials, third and fourth 
entering the eye; three or four lower labials in contact with the 
anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or shorter than the 
posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 146-156; anal divided ; 
subcaudals 26-38.-"Dark brown or blackish above, each scale 
with a light longitudinal line; a yellowish cross-band on the 
occiput, connected with the yellowish colour of the sides of the head 
and end of snout; lateral head-shields spotted and streaked with 
dark brown; ventrals whitish, edged with black, at least on the 
sides ; subcaudals whitish, with a black longitudinal streak running 
between them. 
Total length 255 millim.; tail 33. 
Queensland. 
a. Yg.(V. 146; C.38). North ofthe Clarence R. G. het Esq. [P.]. 
. ; | ype. 
b, Hgr. (V. 151; C. 26). North of the Clarence R. a. en Esq. [P.1. 
4. Pseudelaps fordii. 
Cacophis fordei, Krefft, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 318, fig., and Sn. 
Austral. p. 75, pl. xii. fig. 8 (1869). — 
Appears to agree in almost every respect with P. krefftit and 
P. harriette, but the ventrals number 167-172 and are yellow, 
with a dark edge, 
Ipswich, Queensland. 
5. Pseudelaps harriettx. 
Cacophis harriette, Krefft, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 319, fig., and 
Sn. Austral. p. 76, pl. xi. fig. 13 (1869). 
Eye hardly as long as its distance from the mouth. Rostral 
twice as broad as deep, scarcely visible from above; internasals 
shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal once and a half as long as 
broad, a little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 
shorter than the parietals ; nasal entire, in contact with or narrowly 
separated from the single preocular; two postoculars ; temporals 
142; six upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; four 
lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as 
