1864.] | MR. G. KREFFT ON NEW AUSTRALIAN SNAKES. 181 
Body rather elongate and rounded ; head scarcely distinct from 
neck, rather high and elongate, with obtuse muzzle; rostral just 
reaching to the surface of crown ; anterior frontals moderate, rounded 
in front ; posterior ones larger, bent down on the sides; one ante- 
rior, two posterior oculars, the lower forming about one-fourth of 
the orbit; vertical narrow, six-sided, much longer than broad ; 
superciliaries nearly the same size as the vertical ; occipitals mode- 
rate, not forked behind; six upper labials, the third and fourth 
forming the lower part of the orbit ; no loreal, replaced by the elon- 
gate nasal, second and third upper labial, anterior ocular, and bent 
down anterior frontal. One nasal, pierced by the nostril; scales 
moderate, rhomboid, in fifteen rows; tail rather short, scarcely di- 
stinct from trunk, tapering; eye moderate, pupil rounded ; grooved 
fang in front, some smaller smooth teeth behind. 
Dark olive-green above, each scale tipped with reddish, in parti- 
cular those on the sides; crown and a narrow vertebral line, one 
scale wide, somewhat darker than the other parts; this line extends 
to the root of the tail ; upper labials and chin-shields whitish, marked 
with olive-brown in the upper corners. Beneath yellow, each ventral 
seale with a blackish margin; subcaudals nearly black. 
Mr. E. P. Ramsay discovered this new Snake in the neighbour- 
hood of Braidwood, N. S. Wales ; it is apparently a young specimen, 
its total length not exceeding 103 inches. 
HopLocrPHALUS NIGRO-STRIATUS, Sp. Nov. 
Scales in 15 rows. Anal entire. Ventrals 180. Subcaudals 62. 
Total length 11"; tail 24". 
Body and tail as in HZ. nigrescens ; belly flat; tail moderate, not 
distinct from trunk; head not distinct from neck, depressed, rounded ; 
rostral moderate; anterior frontals broad, hinder edges just touching 
the nostril ; posterior frontals much larger, rounded behind ; vertical 
moderate, six-sided, very broad; occipitals rather narrow, elongate, 
much forked and pointed behind ; one anterior, two posterior ocu- 
lars ; superciliaries and eyes small; pupil elliptical, erect ; six upper 
labials, third and fourth touching the eye. Upper part of posterior 
half of tail covered with large hexagonal scales ; sides and beneath 
