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MARSUPIALIA. 

 Petrogale lateralis, Gould. 



Petrogale lateralis, Gould : Mon. Macrop., 1842, pi. xxiv. 



Of the six specimens obtained, five were taken at a native 

 "well at Moorilyanna and one at the Granite rocks. 



[Rock wallabies are very numerous in places among the 

 great granite boulders, where they hide all day. At sundown 

 they come out and bask on the western side of the boulders 

 which has been warmed by the afternoon sun. At this time they 

 may be somewhat easily approached, as they are engaged in 

 cleaning' '^^leir fur after the manner of a cat. Their flesh is 

 not so go''d to eat as that of the brush wallaby.] 



Ophidia. 



Demansia modesta, Giinther. 



Cacophis modesta, Giinther: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), ix., 

 1872, p. 35, pi. iii., fig. c. 



Furina ramsayi, Macleav : Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., x.^ 

 1885, p. 61. 



Diemenia modesta, Boulenger : Oat. Snakes, Brit. Mus., iii., 

 1896, p. 324. 



Demansia modesta, Waite : Trans. Roy. Soc, S.A., xxxviii., 

 1914, p. 445, fig. 2. 



Several young examples were secured on the Everard and 

 Musgrave Ranges. In all the frontal shield is broader than 

 the supraocular. Boulenger states it is not so. 



[The little banded snakes were often seen on the sand 

 during the heat of the day, and despite their agility the 

 camels frequently trod upon them.] 



PsEUDECHis AUSTRALis, Gray. 



Naja australis, Gray: Zool. Misc., 1842, p. 55. 



Pseudechis australis, Giinther: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (3), 

 xii., 1863, p. 362; Waite: Trans. Roy. Soc, S.A., xxxviii., 1914,. 

 p. 445, fig. 1. 



The only specimen preserved is a very large one, perhaps 

 the largest recorded, totalling 1,640 mm. in length, of which 

 the tail measures 200 mm. There are 205 ventrals and 42 + 11 

 pairs of subcaudals ; the anal is divided, and there are twenty 

 scales round the body, the even number being unusual. 



[This specimen is the largest snake I have seen in the 

 interior. It was basking upon some dead branches, and when 

 disturbed became very savage, making repeated attempts to 

 strike.] 



AcANTHOPHis PYRRHus, Bouleuger. 



Acanthophis pyrrhus, Boulenger: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 

 ii., 1898, p. 75. 



A single small specimen received from the Everard 



Range suggested an examination of all the examples ot 



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