213. PLATTTRTJS. 



309 



e. Yg. (V. 228 ; C. 33). 

 /. 2 (V. 233 ; 0. 33). 



g. Hgr. (V. 225 ; 0. 45). 

 h. $ (V. 220; CSS). 

 i-/i;.Yg.(V. 218, 221; 0.44, 

 ^ 34). 

 I. Yg. (V. 209; 0.42.) 

 m. Yg. (V. 216; 0.34). 

 n-p. e (V. 226 ; 0. 45) & 



yg. (V. 201, 205 ; 0. 45, 



31). 

 q. ? (V. 225 ; 0. 32). 



r-s. S (V. 209, 221 ; 0. 36, 



37). 

 t. Yg. (V. 197 ; 0. 33). 

 Vr-v. 2 (V. 220 ; U. 30) & yg. 



(V. 206 ; 0. 37). 

 w-x. Hgr, (V. 216; 0. 37) 



& yg. (V. 203 ; 0. 34). 

 y. 2 (V. 228 ; C. 33). 

 z. Hgr. (V. 213 ; 0. 86). 

 a. Yg. (V. 208 ; 0. 33). 

 A 6 (V. 207 ; 0. 43). 

 y. Skeleton. 



Pinang. 



Engano I., S.W. 



Sumatra. 

 Sooloo Is. 

 Amtoyna. 

 Kei Is. 



Pelew Is. 

 Ilgi, Solomon Is. 

 New Georgia, Solo- 

 mon Is. 



Pigeon Isle, Admi- 

 ralty Is. 



Aneiteum, New- 

 Hebrides. 



New Hebrides. 



Isle of Pines, New 

 Oaledonia. 



Fiji la. 



Kandavu, Fiji Is. 

 Australia. 

 Australia. 

 New Zealand. 



Dr. Oantor. 



Dr. Modigliani [P.]. 



Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 

 Sir E. Belcher [P.J. 

 Capt. Langen [JP.]. 



G.L.King, Esq. [P.]. 

 H.M.S. 'Penguin.' 

 H.M.S. ' Penguin.' 



H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



J. MacgiUivray, Esq. 



D. McNab, Esq. [P.]. 

 J. MacgiUivray, Esq. 



J. MacgiUivray, Esq. 



H.M.S. ' Ohallenger.' 

 Capt. Stokes [P.]. 

 G. KreiFt, Esq. [P.]. 

 Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



3. Flaturus schistorliyiiclins. 



Hydrophis colubrina, part., Schleg. Faun. Japan., Rept. p. 92, pi. x. 



(1838). 

 Platurus schistorhynehus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 297, pi. xlv. 



fig. A ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., JRept. p. 395 (1890). 



Rostral broader than deep ; an azygous shield separating the 

 nasals behind the rostral and another between the prsefrontals ; 

 frontal longer than the parietals ; one prse- and two postoculars ; 

 seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; temporals 

 small, scale-like, 24-3. Scales in 21 to 23 rows. Ventrals 178-198, 

 on the posterior half of the body with a median keel ; subcaudals 

 32-40. Coloration as in the preceding ; 25 to 45 annuli. 



Reaches the same size as P. eoluhrinus. 



"Western Tropical Pacific. 



a-d. Yg. (V. 178, 177, 189, 



179; 0.38,40,32,37). 

 e. 2 (V. 188 ; 0. 36). 



Savage I. Dr. Gunther [P.]. (Types.) 



Loo Choo Is. H. Pryer, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Platurus muelleri. 

 Platurus, n. sp. ?, F. Mull. Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel, x. 1892, p. 207. 



Head-shields as in P. laticaudatus. Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals 

 229, keeled as in P. schistorhynehus. 62 black annuli, some of which 

 are interrupted on the belly. 



South Pacific. 



