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mandibular teeth, anterior longest. Head distinct from neck ; eye 
extremely small, with round pupil ; nostril between two nasals ; no 
loreal. Body cylindrical; scales smooth, without pits, in 15 or 
17 rows. ‘Tail short; subcaudals in two rows. 
New Guinea and Solomon Islands. 
1. Micropechis ikaheka. 
Coluber ikaheka, Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool. ii. p. 54, Rept. pl. v. 
(1830). 
Naja elaps, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 485 (1837), and Abdild. p. 139, 
pl. xlviii. figs. 14-16 (1844). 
Trimeresurus ophiophagus, part., Dum. & Bibr. vii. p. 1245 (1854). 
— elaps, Jan, Rev. § Mag. Zool. 1859, p. 129. 
ikaheka, Jan, Elenco, p. 118 (1863), and Icon. Gén. 44, pl. vs 
(1873); Sauv. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) i. 1878, p. 48. 
Ophiophagus elaps, Meyer, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 137. 
ikaheka, Peters & Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, xiii. 1878, p. 410. 
ikaheka, var. fasciatus, Fischer, Abh. Nat. Ver. Hamb, viii. 
1884, p. 10, pl. vii. fig. 3. 
Diemenia ikaheka, F. Miill. Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel, x. 1892, p. 207. 
——,, sp., Boettg. Ber. Offenb. Ver. Nat. 1892, p. 154. 
Eye hardly half as long as its distance from the mouth. Rostral 
much broader than deep, visible from above ; internasals one half to 
two thirds the length of the prwfrontals; frontal once and one fifth 
to once and a half as long as broad, broader than the supraocular, 
as long as its distance from the rostral or the end of the snout, 
three fifths the length of the parietals; posterior nasal in contact 
with the single preocular; two postoculars; temporals 2+2, 
anterior very large, the lower wedged in between the fifth and sixth 
upper labials ; 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 a little shorter than the posterior. Scales 
in 15 rows. Ventrals 180-223; anal divided; subcaudals 39-55. 
Particoloured yellow and black, the two colours sometimes forming 
irregular cross-bars ; the black scales edged with yellow ; head and 
tail black above ; lower parts yellow, uniform or with some of the 
shields black-edged. 
Total length 1550 millim.; tail 180. 
New Guinea. 
a-b. 2 (V. 185; C. 43) & Mansinam. M. L. Laglaize [C.]. 
her. (V. 180°; CO. 45). 
c. Skull of b. 
2. Micropechis elapoides. 
Hoplocephalus elapoides, Bouleng. Proc. Zool, Soc. 1890, p. 30, pl. ii. 
fig. 3. 
Eye hardly half as long as its distance from the mouth. 
Rostral much broader than deep, just visible from above; inter- 
nasals two thirds the length of the prwfrontals ; frontal small, much 
