221. HOPLOCEPHALUS. 349 
Hoplocephalus variegatus, Giinth. l. c. p. 214; Krefft, Sn. Austral. 
p. 56, pl. vi. fig. 6 (1869). . 
Eye as long as or slightly longer than its distance from the 
mouth (larger in the young). MRostral broader than deep, just 
visible from above; internasals shorter than the prefrontals ; 
frontal once and a half as long as broad, once and a half as broad as 
the supraocular, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, 
shorter than the parietals ; nasal entire or divided, in contact with 
or narrowly separated from the single preeocular ; two postoculars ; 
temporals 2+2, lower anterior very large, wedged in between the 
fifth and sixth upper labials, and nearly reaching the lip; six upper 
labials, third and fourth entering the eye; three lower labials — 
in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as the 
posterior. Scales in 21 rows. Ventrals obtusely angulate laterally, 
204-221; anal éntire; subcaudals 40-56. Black above, with 
yellow spots forming more or less regular cross-bands on the body ; 
upper labials yellow, margined with black ; ventrals blackish, yellow 
on the sides. 
Total length 1620 millim. ; tail 210. 
New South Wales: 
a. 2 (V. 212; ©. 45). © New South Wales. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.], 
6. 2 (V. 221; C..42). Australia, Lord Derby [P.]. 
e. fo (V. 204; -C. 52). Australia. Dr. Bennett | P. |. 
d. Hgr. (V. 210; C. 56). Australia. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 
e. d (V. 210; C. 51). Australia. Zoological Society. 
f. Yg. (V. 204; C. 47). Australia. 
2. Hoplocephalus bitorquatus. 
Alecto bitorquata, Jan, Rev. § Mag. Zool. 1859, p. 128, and Icon, 
Gén. 43, pl. vi. fig. 6 (1873). 
Hoplocephalus pallidiceps, part., Kvefft, Sn. Austral. p. 59, pl. xi. 
fig. 1 (1869). 
—— sulcans, De Vis, Proc. R. Soc. Queensi. i. 1884, p. 138. 
— waitii, Douglas Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. (2) ix. 1894, 
p- 261, 
Eye as long as or slightly longer than its distance from the mouth 
(larger in the young). Rostral broader than deep, just visible from 
above; internasals one half to two thirds as long as the prefrontals ; 
frontal once and one third to once and two thirds as long as broad, 
a little broader than the supraocular, as long as or a little longer 
than 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 large and wedged in 
between the fifth and sixth upper labials and sometimes reaching 
the lip; six (or seven) upper labials, third and fourth entering the 
eye; three lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 
which are as long as or a little shorter than the posterior. Scales 
in 2l rows. Ventrals strongly angulate laterally, 191-227; anal 
