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the snout and the fore limb is contained twice in the distance from snout to vent. 

 Head small ; snout moderate, obtusely acuminate. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril 

 pierced in a single nasal ; no supranasal ; rostral narrowed and produced posteriorly 

 between the nasals, forming a suture with the frontonasal, which is broader than 

 long ; prsefrontals rather small and narrowly separated from each other ; frontal 

 longer than broad, broader than the supraocular region, smaller than the fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first supraciliary and the 

 first and second supraoculars; four supraoculars; seven supraciliaries ; frontoparietals 

 and interparietal distinct, subequal ; parietals forming a suture behind the inter- 

 parietal ; three to five pairs of very broad nuchals. Ear-opening oval, a little smaller 

 than the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 24 smooth scales round the middle of 

 the body, the two vertebral series transversely enlarged. A pair of enlarged preeanals. 

 Limbs very widely separated when pressed against the body. Digits short, feebly 

 compressed; 12 or 13 lamellse under the fourth toe. Tail thick. Dark brown above, 

 speckled or closely spotted with yellowish brown ; lips dark brown ; yellowish beneath, 

 throat, sides, and tail spotted with dark brown. 



. Total length 115 mm. 



Head 12 



Width of head 7 



Body 43 



Fore limb 10 



Hind limb 13 



Tail (reproduced) 60 



Two specimens from the Mimika R. (B. O, U. Exped.). 



Eesembles L. lorice in general appearance, scaling, and coloration, but differs in 

 the rather longer body and shorter limbs, the presence of several pairs of nuchals, and 

 24 scales round the body instead of 30 or 32. 



36. Tkibolonotus nov^-guine^ Schleg. 



Four specimens from the Mimika E. (B. O. U. Exped.). 



OPHIDIA. 



BoiD^. 

 87. Python amethtstinus Schn. 

 Launch Camp, Setekwa R. (Wollaston Exped.). 



38. Chondkopython vieidis Schleg. 



Mimika R. (B. O. U. Exped.). — Canoe Camp, Setekwa E. (Wollaston Exped.), 



