On new Genera of Zephroniide. 409 
white, black-edged longitudinal streaks, the middle extending 
to the end of the snout, the outer to the eyes; tail golden; 
upper lip and lower parts white. 
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A single specimen. 
Dendrelaphis papuensis. 
Maxillary teeth 21 or 22. Hye as long as its distance from 
the nostril. Rostral broader than deep, visible from above ; 
internasals as long as the prefrontals ; frontal once and a halt 
to once and two thirds as long as broad, as long as its distance 
from the end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; 
loreal elongate; one pra- and two postoculars ; temporals 
2+2; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; 
five or six lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 
shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 13 
rows. Ventrals 185-190; anal divided; subcaudals 119- 
126. Olive-brown above, head and neck dark, blackish; a 
black streak on each side of the head and neck, passing 
through the eye; upper lip white; vertebral scales on ante- 
rior part of body lighter, edged with whitish in front; ventrals 
and subcaudals pale olive. 
Total length 1050 millim. ; tail 310. 
Several specimens. 
The same collection contains, among other more widely 
distributed reptiles, examples of Lepidodactylus pulcher, Blgr. ; 
Lygosoma virens, Ptrs. (with 32 or 34 scales round the body) ; 
L. Mivarti, Blgr.; and Hyla infrafrenata, Gthr. 
LIV.—Descriptions of new Genera of Zephroniide, with 
brief preliminary Diagnoses of some new Species. By R.1. 
Pocock. 
Genus SPHAROTHERIUM, Brandt. 
Spherotherium, Brandt, Bull. Mose. vi. p. 198, 18383 (= Oligaspis, 
Wood). 
Resembling Zephronia in the structure of the vulva; the 
copulatory feet of the second pair in the male differing in 
being furnished with a strong stridulating-ridge. 
