68 COLTTBETD^. 



d,e. S (Sc.l9; V.248; Port Essing-ton. Haslar Collection. 



0.94)& ? (Sc. 19; 



V.252: 0.99). . ,, 



/. ? (Sc' 19 ; V. 257 ; Daly R., N. Aus- Clmstiama Museum. 



0.93). tralia. .,, •, -r^ ^■^■^ 



g-h. c? (Se. 19 ; V. 246 ; Herbert B., N. J. A. Boyd, Esq. [P.], 



0.96) & $ (Sc.21; Queensland. 



V.248; 0.92). 

 i. S (So. 21 ; V. 253 ; Sydney. Mrs. Levey [P.]. 



0.103). 

 k. d" (Sc. 19 ; V. 239 ; New South Wales. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



0. 90). 

 I. Yg. (Sc. 19 ; V. 247 ; Australia. Sir J. Rioliardson [P.]. 



0. 102). 



Dipsadomorphus pulverulentns. 



Dipsas pulverulenta, Fisch. Abh. Nat. Ver. Samh. iii. 1856, p. 81,. 

 pi. iii; fig. 1 ; Qunth. Cat. p. 178 (1858) ; Jan, Icon. Oin. 38, 

 pi. iv. fig. 1 (1871) ; F. Mull. Verh. Nat. Oes. Basel, vi. 1878,. 

 p. 688; Boeage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. xi. 1887, p. 186; Boettg. Ber. 

 Senck. Ges. 1888, p. 75. 



Anterior palatine and mandibular teetli moderately enlarged. 

 Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals 

 broader than long, shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal as long as. 

 broad or a little longer than broad, as long as or longer than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; 

 loreal as long as deep or deeper than long ; one praeoeular (rarely 

 divided), widely separated from the frontal ; two (rarely three) 

 postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 (rarely 2+3); eight (rarely 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 as large as or a little larger that the 

 posterior. Scales in 19 rows, vertebral row more or less enlarged, 

 Ventrals 240-260 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 110-124. Buffer pale 

 brown above, uniform or with more or less distinct dark brown- 

 cross-bars ; young with a series of brown rhombs on each side, each 

 enclosing a light ocellar spot; belly and lower surface of tail 

 yellowish, powdered with brown, with two longitudinal dark brown 

 lines. 



Total length 850 miUim. ; tail 185. 



West Africa, from the Coast of Guinea to Angola. 



a. 6 (V. 253 ; 0. 118). Sierra Leone. 



6. d (V. 260 ; 0. 117). Niger. Dr. .J. W. Crosse 



[PJ. 

 o-A Yg. (V. 259, 240 ; Old Calabar. W. Logan, Esq. 



0.115,110). [P.]. 



e. Yg. (V. 250 ; 0. 113). Fernando Po. Sir A. Smith fP.!. 



/. ? (V. 250 ; 0. ?). W. Africa. J. 0. Salmon, Esq. 



[P.], 

 ff. S (V. 254 ; 0. 110). - W. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.], 



