328 COLUBRID2. 
long as its distance from the rostral ; 
latter shield scarcely broader than 
deep; ventrals 180-200; sub- 
DAM UO a place ose et sss 1. porphyriacus, p. 328. 
Frontal nearly twice as long as broad, 
longer than its distance from the 
end of the snout; rostral scarcely 
broader than deep; ventrals 199- 
* 210; subcandals 57-72.........; 2. cupreus, p. 329, 
Frontal once and two thirds to twice 
as long as broad, as long as its 
distance from the rostral; latter 
shield considerably broader than 
deep; ventrals 199-220; sub- 
caudals 57-70 ...cscesesnes .-. 93. australis, p. 330. 
2. Frontal quite as broad as long; ventrals 212; subcaudals 
64-64. .sccespbe cseneee 4 darwiniensis, p. 330. 
B. Scales in 19 or 21 rows on the body ; frontal once and a half 
as long as broad, shorter than its distance from the end of 
the snout; rostral considerably broader than deep ; ventrals 
221-224 ; subcaudals 49-55.. 5. papuanus, p. 331. 
II. Anal entire; subcaudals all in pairs; scales in 23 rows on the 
body ; ventrals 230-237 ; subcaudals 61-78. 
Frontal twice as long as broad, as long 
as its distance from the rostral or the 
end of the snout .......-.eeeee 6. scutellatus, p. 331. 
Frontal once and a half as long as 
' broad, as long as its distance from 
the rostral ,.....sc.e0s seescaeee 7. microlepidotus, p. 332. 
III. Anal divided ; subcaudals all in pairs; scales in 23 rows on 
the body; ventrals 235; subcaudals 60. 
8. ferow, p. 332. 
1. Pseudechis porphyriacus. 
Coluber porphyriacus, Shaw, Zool. N. Holl. p. 27, pl. x. (1794), and 
Zool. ii. p, 423, pl.’ex. (1802), eee See 
Trimeresurus leptocephalus, Lacép. Ann. du Mus. iv. 1804, pp. 196 
& 209, pl. lvi. fig. I. 
Coluber (Hurria) “nee hem Merr. Tent. p. 92 (1820). 
Duberria Lire bey, itzing. N. Class, Rept. p. 56 (1826), - : 
areaOr is tortor, Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Look ii. p. 55, Rept. pl. vi. 
Naje Fo inca Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 479, pl. xvii. figs. 6 & 7 
Trimeresurus hyri¢us, Guér. Icon. R, A., Rept. p. 15, pl. xxiv. 
fig. 1 (1 aaah y ’ » feept. p »?P J 
