174 L. v. MÉHELY 
Sau: oe 2 o VES EAS ME Sch Me M 
du 15 E d 35 c 183; (Uu «a + 1. 
Reddish-yellov above, head blackish, blackish spots on the fore part 
of the body, arranged in four longitudinal rows; irregular dark cross bars 
on the hinder part of the body and tail. Lower surface yellow, the ventral 
shields brownish edged in front. 
26. Acanthophis antarcticus Suaw. 
G. A. BouLENGER, Catal. Snakes, 1896, III. p. 355. 
Two specimens from Stephansort. 
Supraocular raised; upper head-shields smooth ; the large praeocular 
broken up into three shields on one side of the head; 1—3 post- and 3 sub- 
oculars; temporals 2 + 3 (one times 4); six upper labials; the posterior 
chin-shields separated by three small scales. 
Formula of scaling : 
Squ. 21; G.3-F?/s-F9 --?/3; V.122; A.1; Se. 464 14 
IE Oe 7E a Wile «ode c mg. 
Coloration. Ash-grey above with darker cross bands ond their fore 
and hinder edges spoted with black, the interspace between this darker 
bands dirty white. Lower parts white; a black blotch on each upper and 
lower labial, chin-shield and throat-scale; ventrals with black patches 
which are in four rows on the hinder part of the belly, the two outer stron- 
ger; subcaudals each with a black blotch. 
BATRACHIA. 
Fam. RANIDAE. 
27. Cornufer corrugatus A. Dum. 
G. A. BoULENGER, Catal. of the Batrachia Salientia, 1882, p. 110. 
A single specimen from Erima. 
The style of the omosternum is in this specimen also forked before 
the procoracoideum as I already stated in another specimen from Bertrand 
Island.? It may be remarked that a feeble but distinct median keel runs 
from the point of the snout towards the vent; the width of the interorbital 
space equals about three fifths that of the upper eyelid; the diameter of the 
* The 30—32, 34, 39—40 and 40—46 divided. 
? Természetrajzi Füzetek. XX (3) Budapest, 1897, p. 400 & 411, tab. X, fig. 1. 
