418 ON SOME OPHIDIANS FROM KING's SOUND, N.-W. AUSTRALIA. 



labials and two posterior oculars, all of normal form. The colour 

 ou the back is pale brownish-yellow, with a minute blackish spot 

 on the apex of each scale ; the under parts are of an unclouded 

 yellowish-white ; a brown stripe extends across the upper part of 

 the rostral shield, along the nasal, and under the eye along the 

 whole length of the labials ; there are also one or two interrupted 

 rather faint blackish streaks on the under side of the head. On 

 the head shields a few pale brown spots are faintly visible. Eye 

 lai-ge, pupil I'ound. 



