EEPTILES COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 265 



52. DiPSADOMOKPHUS lEREGULAEIS Merr. 



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



53. PSEUDELAPS MUELLEKI Schleg. 



Camp III, Utakwa E., 2500 ft. (Wollaston Exped.). 



54. Apistocalamus gkandis, sp. n. (PI. XXX. figs. 3, 3 a.) 



Snout short, broadly rounded. Eostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; 

 internasals not (juite half the length of the prsefrontals ; frontal once and cue-fifth as 

 long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snoxit, much shorter 

 than the parietals ; nostril between two nasals, widely separated from the internasal 

 and the first labial; prseocular once and one-third as long as deep, in contact with the 

 posterior nasal; one postocular ; temporals 1 + 2; six upper labials, third and fourth 

 entering the eye, last largest ; thi-ee lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

 shields, which are a little larger than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 207 ; 

 anal divided ; subcaudals 27. Dark brown above, with irregular whitish blotches ; 

 upper lip and lower parts white. 



Total length ^40 mm. ; tail 80. 



A single female specimen from Launch Camp, Setekwa E. (Wollaston Exped.). 



Nearly allied to A. loennhergii Blgr., Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) i. 1908, p. 248, from 

 Fak-Fak, Dutch New Guinea, 1700 feet, the head of which is here figured for 

 comparison (PL XXX. fig. 4). 



55. MiCROPECHis lEAHEKA Less. (PI. XXX. fig. 5.) 



A single specimen from the Mimika E. (B. O. U. Exped.). 



This specimen belongs to the Yar.fasciatus Fischer, which differs only in the coloration 

 from the typical form. Ventrals 182 ; subcaudals 40. Cream-coloured above, most 

 of the scales with a brown dot or spot ; 28 brown, dark-edged cross-bands, the anterior 

 forming pairs between which the ground-colour is pale brown instead of cream- 

 colour; head dark brown; belly cream-colour, dotted with brown in its posterior 

 two-thirds ; lower surface of tail blackish brown. 



A specimen obtained by Mr. A. E. Pratt in the Owen Stanley Eange of British 

 New Guinea, altitude 4000 feet, is intermediate between the typical form and the 

 ya,y:.fasciatus. 



56. ACANTHOPHIS ANTARCTICUS Shaw, 



Mimika E. (B. O. U. Exped.). 



The specimens show, in a very marked manner, the characters of the var. imlpehrosiis 



Shaw. 



2n2 



