219. paisceowlA: S3T 
its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; 
nasal entire, in contact with the single preeocular; two postoculars ; 
temporals 242 (rarely 2+3), lower anterior wedged in between 
the fifth and sixth upper labials and sometimes nearly reaching 
the mouth ; six upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; 
three (rarely four) lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 
shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales distinctly 
striated, in 15 rows. Ventrals 136-151; anal entire; subcaudals 
39-57. Brown or olive above, with or without black edges to the 
scales; a black streak on each side of the head, passing through 
the eye; a yellow streak on the upper lip, below the black streak ;_ - 
salmon-red to dark olive-grey beneath, speckled with darker, 
exceptionally with a few black spots’; end of tail salmon-red. 
Total length 440 millim. ; tail 80. 
Southern Australia and Tasmania. 
A. No collar. (4. coronoides, Gthr.; A. labialis, Jan.) 
a-b, c, d-e, ft. g (V. 151, Tasmania. R, Gunn, Esq. [P.]. > 
142, 142, 140, 148, 144; 
C. 45, 50, 49, 53, 57, 45), 
& her. (V. 144, 143, 141; 
C. 49, 49, 54). r= 
k-l. 2 (V. 147, 148; C. 54, Tasmania. A. J. Smith, Esq. S| 
42). P.). [ e 
m. d (V. 148; C. 56). Tasmania. Zookciical Society. zs 
n. 2 (V. 147; C. 48). Swan R. 
o. 2 (V. 141; C. 41). Australia. Lord Derby [P.}. 
p-q. Q (V. 144, 147; C.46, Australasia. Lords of the Admir- 
MEE, alty [P.]. ¢! 
B. A yellow nuchal collar. (H. mastersix, Krefft; A. rhodogaster, 
Jan; H., collaris, Macleay.) 
a. 9 (V. 140; C. 39). Flinders Range, G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. (One 
S. Australia. of the types of H. mastersit.) 
4. Denisonia muelleri. 
Hoplocephalus muelleri, Fischer, Jahrb. Wiss. Anst. Hamb. ii. 
1885, p. 109. 
Rostral little broader than deep, visible from above ; internasals 
half as long as the prefrontals; frontal twice as long as broad; 
nasal entire, in contact with the single preocular ; two postoculars ; 
temporals 2+2, lower anterior large and wedged in between the 
fifth and sixth labials; six upper labials, third and fourth entering 
the eye; anterior chin-shields nearly as long as the posterior. 
Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 11%; anal entire; subcaudals 38. 
Grey-brown above ; lips and chin with yellow spots, which extend 
on the sides of the neck; grey beneath, with four or five longi- 
tudinal series of elongate blackish spots, 
Total length 292 millim, ; tail 52. 
Queensland. 
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