408 COLUBRID. 
and two thirds as long as broad, not more than twice as broad as 
the supraocular, as long as or a little shorter than its distance from 
the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; nasal not longer 
than and in contact with the preocular; two postoculars ; temporals 
1+1; six upper labials, third and fourth (exceptionally, third only) 
entering the eye, sixth large ; two pairs of small chin-shields, with 
an azygous shield between them. ‘Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 
180-234; anal divided; subcaudals 14-25. Annulate black and 
white, the annuli narrower beneath *; head black above, with a 
white band across the snout and another across the occiput. 
Total length 590 millim. ; tail 36. 
Australia. 
a. 2 (V. 210; C. 18). Swan R, Type of V. annulata.) 
b. ; Y 207; C.25). Sydney. ty Re 
efft, Esq. [P.}. 
od, e. 9 (V, 210, 9073) New South Wales. Imperial toate whe 
G. crt , 18) & yg. (V. 222 ; 
C. 
H V. 200, 180; Moreton Ba 
1% 46 50 : Casuals’. 
h. 2 (V. 28 234; C.18). Herbert R., N. J. A. Boyd, Esq. [P.]. 
Queensland. 
V. 205; C. 21) & Queensland. 
x , 219, 221; 0. 14, 
m. 9 (Vv. 206; C. 18). Queensland. Col. Beddome [C.}. 
n. do (V. 227; C. 25). N. Australia. Rey. T. 8. Lea [P.]. 
0. if 215; C, 20). Australia. Haslar Collection. 
kull of ¢. 
240. HOMORELAPS. 
aS gy , Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. Ps: 289 (1801) ; 14 te Syst. 
aaa p- 198 (1830) ; Schleg. Ph rp. ii. p. 435 (1837) ; Dum. 
&§ Bibr. Erp. Gén. vii. p. 1191 (1864), Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 229 
(1858) ; Jan, Rev. § Mag. Zool. 1858, p. 516. 
Homoroselaps, Jan, l. c. p. 518, 
Pecilophis (non' Kaup), iinth. Proc. Zool, Soc. 1859, p. 88; Peters, 
Mon. Berl. Ac. 1862, p. 636, 
Maxillary extending forwards beyond the palatine, with a pair 
of large poison-fangs without groove; pterygoids toothless ; 
mandibular teeth few, subequal. Head small, not distinct from 
neck ; eye very small, with round pupil ; nostril in a single nasal ; 
no loreal. Body cylindrical ; scales smooth, without pits, in 
15 rows; ventrals rounded, Tail short ; subcaudals in two rows, 
South Africa. 
No postfrontal bone; prefrontals widely separated from each 
other and in contact with the parietals, excluding the frontals from 
the orbital periphery. 
* Interrupted on the belly in V. dwnulata, Krefft, which is probably only a 
oolour-variety. 
