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a, Yg. (V. 118; an 22). Adelaide. Rey. T. E. Lea [P.}. 
6. 2 (V. 119; C. 15). Swan R. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 
c- -d.3 3 (Y. 121; CO. 23) & Swan R. 
Q (V. 126; C. 16). 
ée. 9 (V. 116; C. 20). Perth. Mr. Duboulay [C. ]. 
f, Yg. (V. 120; C. 19). Geraldton, W.Aus- Mr. E. H. Saunders 
tralia. [C.]. 
g-t. 3 (V. 117,120; C. 21, Australia. 
AY & hen (V. 117; C. 21), 
k, Skull of d, 
2. Rhynchelaps australis. 
Simotes australis, Krefft, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 180. 
Brachyurophis australis, Ginth. Ann. § Mag. NV, H. (3) xv. 1865, 
p. 97, and (4) ix. 1872, p. 88; Krefft, Sn. Austral. p. 52, pl. xi. 
tig. 3 (1869). 
Snout very prominent, obtusely pointed, with sharp horizontal 
edge. ye a little shorter than its distance from the mouth. 
Rostral as deep as broad, its upper portion forming an acute angle 
behind and longer than its distance from the frontal ; internasals as 
long as the prefrontals ; frontal a little longer than broad, twice as 
broad as the supraocular, as long as its distance from the end of 
the snout, as long as the parietals ; nasal elongate, in contact with 
the preocular, which is widely separated from the frontal; two 
postoculars ; temporals 1+1; six upper labials, third and fourth 
entering the eye; three lower labials in contavt with the anterior 
chin-shields, which are very small; posterior chin-shields indistinct. 
Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 152-163; anal divided; subcaudals 
18-20. Red above, with ill-defined cross-bars formed of yellowish, 
black-edged scales ; a blackish cross-band on the head, involving the 
eyes, and another on the nape; snout and occiput yellowish; lower 
parts whitish. 
Total length 290 millim.; tail 25. 
Queensland. 
a. 2 (V.152; C. 20). Clarence R. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 
3. Rhynchelaps semifasciatus. 
Brachyurophis semifasciata, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (8) xi. 
1863, p. 21, pl. iii. fig. B, and xv. 1865, p. 97. 
Pseudoelaps rhinostomus, Jan, Icon. Gén. 43, pl. vi. fig. 1 (1873). 
Furina rhinostoma, F. Mill. Verh. Nat. ‘Ges. Basel, vii. 1865, 
p- 692. 
Snout very prominent, obtusely pointed, with sharp horizontal 
edge. Eye measuring about two thirds its distance from the 
mouth. MRostral as deep as broad, its upper portion forming an 
acute angle behind and longer than its distance from the frontal; 
internasals as long as or shorter than the preefrontals; frontal as 
long as broad, at least thrice as broad as the supraocular, as long as 
