436 



Family BOIDAE. 



Aspidites ramsayi, Macleay. 

 PI. xxvii. fig. 2. 



Aspidiotes ramsayi, Macleay : Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 

 vi., 1882, p. 813; Longman: Mem. Queensl. Mus., v., 1916, p. 48. 



Aspidites ramsayi, Boulenger : Cat. Snakes, Brit. Mus., i., 

 1893, p. 92; Waiter Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, (2), ix., 1894, 

 p. 715, pi. 1. 



Aspidites collaris, Longman: Mem. Queensl. Mus., ii., 1913, 

 p. 40. 



We frequently saw the tracks of large snakes on the sand- 

 hills, often in the neighbourhood of rabbit burrows, and 

 where the snake had apparently been resting, and especially 

 after rain, the impression was sometimes so sharp that the 

 imprint of the ventral plates could be counted for the space 

 in which they had been in contact with the sand. 



More than once we attempted to* dig a snake out, guided 

 by the tracks through the ramifications of 'the burrow. On 

 one occasion we opened up a trench to an aggregate length 

 of 50 feet, and, though guided by a blackfellow, we were 

 unsuccessful. The natives, however, do unearth snakes from 



