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B. Pale olive-brown above, each scale .edged with black, witb 

 yellowish, black-edged spots and cross bars; or with three 

 yellowish stripes, the middle one partly broken up into spots ; 

 upper labials black-edged; lower parts pale yellow, the pos- 

 terior ventrals and the subcaudals spotted or edged with black. 

 {Morelia variegata, KrefFt.) 



/*. S (Sc. 61; V. 276; 



0. 70). 

 i. Hgr. (Sc. 47; V. 280; 



0. 90). 

 h. Hgr., stffii. 

 I. Ad., skel. 



New South Wales. Australian Museum. 

 New South Wales. G. Kreffl, E8C[. [P.]. 



Australia. 

 Australia. 



Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



C. Pale brown with dark brown black-edged spots or cross bands, 

 or dark brown with lighter markings ; head with symmetrical 

 dark brown markings ; upper lip uniform yellowish, or only 

 the anterior labials black-edged ; a light dark-edged streak 

 may be present along each side of the anterior part of the 

 body ; lower parts yellowish, more or less spotted with black. 

 (Morelia variegata, Gray.) 



m. 2 (Sc.51; V. 280; Moreton Bay. 



C. 82). 

 n. Yg. (Sc. 49 ; V. 294 ; Port Essington. 



0. 89). 

 0. ? (Sc. 47; V. 259; Port Essington. 



C. 81). 

 p, q. H<rr. (Sc. 49 ; V. 290 ; Port Essington. 



0. 82) & yg. (Sc. 49 ; 



V. 281 ; 0. 80). 

 n Hgr. (Sc. 45 ; V. 2G1 ; Port Essington. 



C. 75). 

 s. $ (Sc. 49 ; V, 282 ; Port Darwin. 



0. 87). 

 t. Yg. (Sc. 49 ; V. 289 ; N.W. Australia. 



0. 87). 

 u, V. Yg. (Sc. 49, 47 ; V. 260, Houtman's 



261 ; C. 75. 73). Abrolhos. 



w, .V, y. Yg. (Sc. 45, 49, 49 ; Swan River. 



V. 262, 258, 251 ; 0. 63, 



65, 78). 

 z. Hgr., stflFd. Boston Id., S. 



Australia. 



J. Macgillivray, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Mr. Gilbert [0.]. 1 



J.B.Jukes,Esq.[P.].( 

 (Types of M. variegata.) 

 Lord Derby [P.]. 



R. G. S. Buckland, 



Esq. [0.]. 

 Capt. Stokes [C.]. 



Mr. GUbert [0.]. 



Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



2. Python amethystinus. 



Boa amethystina, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 254 (1801), and 



Denkschr. Akad. MUnch. vii. 1821, p. 117, pi. vii. 

 Python amethystinus. Baud. Rept. v. p. 230 (1803) ; Schleg. Phys. 



Serp. ii. p. 419, pi. xv. figs. 8-10 (1837). 

 Liasis amethystinus, Gray, Zool. Miscell. p. 44 (1842) ; Bum. 8^ Bibr. 



vi. p. 433 (1844) ; Gray, Cat. p. 91 (1849) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 98, 



1. 9, pi. yi. (1864) ; Doria, Ann, Mus. Geiiova, vi. 1874, p. 353 ; 



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