10. ENTSEUS. 107 



a. d' (Sc. 31; V. 216; 0.53). San Ohristoval. Museum of Econo- 



mic Geology. 

 6, c-d. <J (Sc. 32; V. 219; Fiji Islands. R. Maegillivray, 



C. 55), 5 (Sc. 31 ; V. 212 ; Esq. [0.1. 



0. 60), & hgr. (Sc. 33 ; 



Y. 213 ; 0. 52). ^ 

 e. ,d (Sc. 33 ; V. 223 ; 0. 58). Fiji Islands. H.M.S. ' Herald.' 



/. d (Sc. 31 ; V. 218 ; 0. ?). Fiji Islands. Mus. Godeffroy. 



(/. 2 (Sc. 31 ; V. 220 ; 0. 51). Friendly Islands. Mus. GodeBroy. 



h-i. c? (Sc. 33 ; V. 225 ; New Caledonia (?). 



0. 51) & yg. (Sc. 33; 



V. 219 ; 0. 52). 

 k. Hgr. (j , skel. Fiji Islands. E. Maegillivray, 



Esq. [0.]. 



3. Enygrus carinatus. 



Seba, Thes. ii. pi. xxviii. figs. 3-6 (1736) ; Merrem, Ann. Wetter. 



Ges. ii. 1810, p. 60, pi. ix. 

 Boa carinata, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 261 (1801) ; Baud. Mept. 



T. p. 222 (1803) ; Schneid. Denhschr. Ahad. Munch, vii. 1821, 



p. 118; Schlea. Phvs. Serp. ii. p. 397, pi. xiv. figs. 12 & 13 



(1837). 

 CencLris ocellata. Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 97 (1831). 

 Oandoia carinata, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 43 (1842). 

 Enygrus carinatus, I>um. Sr Bibr. vi. p. 479 (1844) ; Gray, Cat. 



p. 105 n849) ; Jan, Icon. Gin. p. 76, 1. 2, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1861) ; 



Peters Sf- Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, xiii. 1878, p. 405. 

 superciliosus, Giinth. Ann. Sr Mag. N. H. (3) xii. 1863, p. 360, 



pi. vi. fig. D. 



Snout very prominent, obliquely truncate ; canthus rostralis 

 angular. Rostral broader than deep, not visible from above ; head- 

 scales small, irregular, -with small tubercles or short keels ; some of 

 the supraocular scales may be enlarged ; five to ten scales from eye 

 to eye across the forehead ; eye bordered by 10 to 14 scales and 

 two or three labials ; 10 to 13 upper labials. Scales strougly 

 keeled, the keels forming straight lines ; 33 to 43 scales round the 

 thickest part of the body. Ventrals 160-200 ; anal entire ; sub- 

 caudals 38-56. Coloration very variable. 



Total length 900 millim. ; tail 110. 



Pelew Islands, Moluccas, Timor Laut, New Guinea, New Ireland, 

 and New Britain, Solomon Islands. 



A. Yellowish or pale brown above, with dark brown markings, 

 some or all of which are confluent into stripes : loreal and 

 temporal regions dark brown, with a few yellowish spots ; 

 belly yellowish, powdered with brown in the middle, with 

 elongate dark brown blotches or a stripe on each side. 



a. Hgr. (Sc. 33 ; V. 166 ; Amboyna. 



0. 60). 

 b-c. Hgr. (Sc. 35, 33 ; N. Coram. 



V. 183, 179 ; 0. ?, 51). 

 d. 5 (Sc. 37 ; V. 187 ; 0. 52). Mansinam, N.Guinea. 



