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the rostral; one prae- and two or three postoculars ; temporals 3 +3 or 
3 + 2; nine (sometimes eight) upper labials, 4 + 5 + 6 (rarely 3 + 4 +5) 
entering the eye; frequently five lower labials in contact with the anterior 
chin-shields. Scales constantly in 21 rows, vertebral row strongly enlarged. 
Formula of scaling : 
Stephansort. Squ. 21; G. 2/2; NS TE N 1: o Sent fing sein 
« “IL: « Sm E « 948; une: ne E Al 
Seleo Island. « 21; @ ale « 2246 ; «dis @ Ove do oq 
« AR @ 89-33 5 w Sls @ ie il. 
Coloration. The specimens from the coast of German New Guinea 
are very constant in their coloration. Pinkish-grey above, each scale spek- 
led with very fine brown dots, blackish-brown spots across the body, trans- 
versely arranged and sometimes confluent into indistinct cross bars; from 
the hinder edge of the eye, behind the angle of the mouth à more or less 
distinct darker streak; yellowish below, with darker punctulation on the 
ventrals ; subeaudals speckled with brown. 
Biological note. In the stomach of one specimen were 7 shells of 
fowls'eggs. 
Series C. Proteroglypha. 
24. Pseudelaps Muelleri Scxzec. 
G. A. BourENGER, Catal. Snakes, 1896, III. p. 316. 
Two quite typical specimens from Stephansort. 
Formula of scaling : 
Some lős eus US TUS Aula Bu Sela dL. d 
Gr Loy: (UE « 167; d Mas @ ibe il, 
In coloration strikingly resembles another specimen collected by the 
late SAMUEL FeNICHEL in the neighbourhood of Astrolabe Bay, which I have 
described two years ago ;! differs however in the absence of the median dor- 
sal stripe and the speckled belly. 
25. Micropechis ikaheka Less. 
G. A. BOULENGER, Catal. Snakes, 1896, III. p. 347. 
Two specimens from Stephansort. 
Agreeing strictly with BovrENcER's latest description. 
Formula of scaling : 
: Természetrajzi Füzetek. Budapest, 1895, XVIII. p. 79 & 135. 
