406 CoLUBRID. 
Maxillary extending forwards beyond the palatine; a pair of 
moderately large, grooved poison-fangs, and one or two small solid 
teeth near the posterior extremity of the maxillary ; mandibular 
teeth subequal. Head small, not distinct from neck; eye very 
small, with round pupil; nostril ina single nasal; no loreal. Body 
cylindrical; scales smooth, without pits, in 15 rows; ventrals 
rounded. Tail very short, obtuse; subcaudals in two rows. 
Australia. ; 
The skull agrees with Elaps and Homorelaps, and differs from all 
other Elapines in the absence of postfrontal bone; the preefrontals, 
which are widely separated from each other, are produced backwards 
towards the parietals so as to nearly exclude the frontals from the 
orbital periphery. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
Upper portion of rostral at least as long as 
its distance from the frontal; five upper 
labials ; frontal more than twice as broad 
as the supraocular; ventrals 181-200 .. 1. bimaculata, p. 406. 
Upper portion of rostral shorter than its 
distance from the frontal; six upper 
labials ; frontal more than twice as broad 
as the supraocular; ventrals 126-131 .. 2. calonota, p. 407. 
Upper portion of rostral shorter than its 
distance from the frontal; six npper 
labials; frontal not more than twice as 
broad as the supraocular; ventrals 180- 
2B4, 5 cde. teehee eee Pee re 3. occipitalis, p. 407. 
1. Furina bimaculata. 
Furina bimaculata, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 1240 (1854) ; Jan, Rev. & 
a. Zool. 1859, p. 125, pl. vi.; Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (8) 
xi. , p. 24; Krefft, Sn. Austral. p. 51 (1869). 
Brachysoma diadema (non Schleg ‘ .Giinth. Cat. p. 229 (1858). 
—— bimaculatum, Giinth. l. e. 
Pseudelaps bimaculatus, Jan, Elenco, p. 116 (1868), and Icon. Gén. 
438, pl. v. fig. 2 (1873). 
- Rostral large, as deep as broad, the portion visible from above at 
least as long as its distance from the frontal; internasals a little: 
shorter than the preefrontals ; frontal nearly as broad as long, thrice 
as broad as the supraocular, as long as its distance from the end of 
the snout, shorter than the parietals; nasal elongate, in contact 
with the preocular; two postoculars ; temporals 14+1; five upper 
labials, third and fourth entering the eye, fifth very large; two 
pairs of very small chin-shields, with an azygous shield between 
them. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 181-200; anal divided;. 
subcaudals 21-25. Yellowish above, each scale edged with black 
or with a small black spot; end of snout, a large blotch covering 
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