344 COLUBRID», 
broad as the supraocular, as long as its distance from the end of 
the snout, shorter than the parietals; nasal entire, in contact with 
the single preocular; two postoculars; temporals 2+2, lower 
anterior wedged in between the fifth and sixth labials; six upper . 
labials, third and fourth entering the eye; four lower labials in 
contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as the 
posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 180-184; anal entire; 
subcaudals 50-64, Yellowish above, the scales edged with brown, 
with a dark brown vertebral stripe; head dark brown above ; upper 
lip and lower parts yellowish white. 
Total length 380 millim.; tail 52. 
Queensland. 
a. 2 (V. 184; C. 50). Rockhampton. Museum Godeffroy. 
17. Denisonia carpentaria. 
Hoplocephalus carpentarie, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S. W. (2) 
i 1887, p. 408, 
Eye slightly longer than its distance from the mouth. Rostral 
twice as broad as deep, just visible from above; internasals hardly 
half as long as the preefrontals ; frontal once and one fourth as long 
as broad, twice as broad as the supraocular, a little longer than its 
distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; 
nasal entire, not reaching the single preocular; two postoculars ; 
temporals 2+ 2, lower anterior wedged in between the fifth and 
sixth labials; six upper labials, second in contact with the pre- 
frontal, third and fourth entering the eye; three or four lower 
labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long 
as the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 166-183; anal 
entire ; subcaudals 31-43. Brown above, each scale lighter in the 
centre; upper lip, outer row of scales, and lower parts yellowish 
white. 
Total length 285 millim.; tail 47. 
Northern Queensland. 
a. 2 (V. 188; C. 31). Peak Downs, . Museum Godeffroy. 
18. Denisonia pallidiceps. 
Hoplocephalus pallidiceps, Giinth. Cat. p. 214 (1858); Cope, Proc. 
c. Philad. 1859, p. 343, aa 
—— pallidiceps, part., Krefft, Sn. Austral. p, 59 (1869). 
Alecto permixta, Jan, leon. Gén. 44, pl. i. fig. 2 (1878). 
Eye small, hardly as long as its distance from the mouth, 
Rostral twice as broad as deep, visible from above; internasals one 
half to two thirds the length of the preefrontals; frontal once and 
one fourth to once and a half as long as broad, twice as broad as 
the supraocular, as long as or a little longer than its distance from 
the end of the snout, about two thirds the length of the parietals ; 
