148. DIPSABOMOEPHTJS. 67 



^-i. Hgr. d (Sc. 19 ; V. 226 ; Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart. 



0. 103) & yg. (Sc. 19; 



V. 220; C. 101). 

 .k-m. Yg. (Sc. 19 ; V. 262, Trincomalee, Maior Barrett rP.l 



253, 266; C. 125, 113, Ceylon. -* 



120). 

 n. Hgr. c? (Sc. 19 ; V. 253 ; Ceylon. 



0. 122). 

 0. Hgr. S (Sc 19; V. 234; Anamallays. Col. Beddome fCl. 



C. 105). '- -^ 



> c? (Sc. 19; V. 229; C. North slope of Col. Beddome fCl 



100). Nilgherries, 



4000 ft. • 

 q. 2 (Sc. 21 ; V. 248 ; C. Wynad. Col. Beddome rO.l. 



90). ■- -" 



r-v. S (Sc. 21 ; V. 242, Forests of W. Col. Beddome [0.1 



243; 0. 100, 104), $ Coast of India. (Types of i). witcAaZes.) 



(Sc. 21; V. 234; 0.94), ^ ' 



& yg. (Sc. 21; V. 234, 



249; C. 102, 101). 

 .■w. Hgr. 5 (Sc. 19; V.214; Malabar. Col. Beddome fCl 



0.98). '- -' 



.x-i/. Hgr. 5 (Sc. 19; V. Matheran, Bombay. Dr. Leitb fP.l. 



248 ; C. 117) & yg. (Sc. "' 



19 ; V. 235 ; C. 111). 



6. Dipsadomorphus fuscus. 



DendropHs fiisca, Ch-ai/, Zool. Misc. p. 54 (1842). 



Dipsas fusca, Giinth. Cat. p. 171 (1858) ; Krefft, 8n. Austral, p. 26, 

 pi. V. fig. 7 (1869) ; Peters Sr Bona, Ann. Mus. Genova, xiii. 1878, 

 p. 395; Boettg. in Semon, Zool. Forsch. v. p. 118 (1894). 



boydii, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. in. 1884, p. 548. 



Anterior palatine teeth feebly enlarged; anterior mandibular 

 teeth strongly enlarged. Eostral broader than deep, visible from 

 above ; internasals as long as broad or broader than long, as long 

 ^s or shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal as long as broad or 

 slightly longer than broad, as long as its distance from the rostral 

 or the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long 

 ^s deep or longer than deep ; one praeocular, extending to the upper 

 surface of the head but not reaching the frontal ; two postoculars ; 

 temporals 1+2, 2+2, or 2+3 ; eight or nine upper labials, third, 

 fourth, and fifth, or fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the eye ; four 

 or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which 

 are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 19 (rarely 21) rows, 

 vertebral row strongly enlarged. Ventrals 236-257 ; anal entire ; 

 subcaudals 87-103. Yellowish or pale reddish brown above, with 

 more or less distinct, more or less regular dark brown or black 

 .cross-bands ; uniform yellowish or salmon-pink below. 



Total length 1500 millim. ; tail 290. 



Northern and Eastern Australia. 



-fl. cJ (Sc. ]9; V. 251; C. 98). Port Essington. (Type.) 

 Jh-c. $ (Sc. 19; V. 254, 250; Port Essington. " Lord Derby [P.';. 

 0.103,97). ' 



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