348 COLUBRID, 
longer than broad, once and a half as broad as the supraocular, as 
long as its distance from the rostral, two thirds the length of the 
parietals ; posterior nasal in contact with the single preocular ; two 
postoculars ; temporals 1+2; seven 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 17 rows. 
Ventrals 208; anal entire; subcaudals 35. Cream-colour, with 
22 black bands, broader than the interspaces between them, inter- 
rupted on the belly, encircling the tail; on the posterior three- 
fourths of the body series of small black spots form a streak along 
each side of the back; end of snout and ocular region black, 
Total length 750 millim. ; tail 75. 
Florida Island, Solomon Group. 
a. 2 (V. 208; ©. 35). Florida Id. C. M. Woodford, Esq. [C.]. 
(Type.) 
221, HOPLOCEPHALUS. 
Oplocephalus (Cuv.), Voigt, Thierr. iii. p. 143 (1832), 
Naja, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 461 (1837). 
Alecto (non Wagl.), part., Dew. §& Bibr. Erp. Gén. vii. p. 1249 
(1854) ; Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 116 (1863), 
Hoplocephalus, part., Giinth, Cat. Col, Sn. p. 213 (1858) ; Krefft, 
an. Austral. p. 53 (1869). 
Maxillary extending forwards as far as the palatine,. with a pair 
of large grooved poison-fangs followed by two or three small solid 
teeth ; mandibular teeth, anterior longest. Head distinct from neck ; 
eye rather small, with round pupil; nasal entire or divided; no 
loreal. Body cylindrical; scales smooth, without pits, in 21 rows; 
ventrals angulate and notched laterally. Tail moderate ; subcaudals 
single. 
Australia, 
‘Synopsis of the Species. 
Ventrals obtusely angulate, 204-221 ; sub- | 
nes A060 nko sb p0.0a0 8 vice 1. bungaroides, p. 348. 
Ventrals strongly angulate, 191-227 ; sub- 
PRU ENSOE osc incnewtcrvs.swed Ee 2. bitorquatus, p. 349. 
Ventrals strongly angulate, 239; sub- 
CAEN edae sb cndwesecc en wewe 3. stephensii, p. 350, 
1. Hoplocephalus bungaroides. 
Naja bungaroides, Bote, Isis, 1828, p. 1084; Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. 
P: 477 (1837), and Abbild. e 140, pl. xlviii. figs. 17 & 18 gg 
A mee —" Dum. § Bibr, vii. p. 1254, pl. Ixxvi. 4. fig, 1 
( R 
bungaroides, Dum. § Bibr. t.c. p. 1257; Jan, Elenco, p. 116 
(1863), and Icon. Gén, 43, pl. vi. fig. 2 (1873). 
Hoplocephalus bungaroides, Giinth. Cat. p. 218 (1858). 
