215. OLTPHODON. 



313 



1. Ogmodon vitiauus. 



Ogmodon vitianus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1864, p. 275, pi. — . fig. 4, 



and 1880, p. 223. 

 Labionaris iimolii, Brocchi, Bull. Soc. Philom. (6) xii. 1876, p. 94. 



Snout elongate, pointed, projecting. Rostral deeper than broad, 

 visible from above ; internasals small, about one third the length of 

 the prsef rentals ; frontal twice as broad as the supraocular, once 

 and a half to once and two thirds as long as broad, as long as or a 

 little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than 

 the parietals ; prseocular at least .twice, as long as deep (in one 

 specimen fused with the third labial) ; one postonular ; six upper 

 labials, second in contact with the praefrontal, fourth and fifth 

 entering the eje, sixth very large and in contact with the parietal ; 

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

 are larger than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 139- 

 152 ; anal divided ; sabcaudals 27-38. Dark brown or blackish 

 above, lighter brown on the sides;. young with a yellow blotch on 

 the parietal shields ; belly brown or white, more or less spotted with 

 black ; tail black. 



Total length 360 millim. ; tail 45. 



Kji Islands. 



a-b. 6 (V. 162 ; 0. 38) 

 & yg. (V. 139 ; 0. 38). 



c. 9 (V. 146 ; C. 33). 



d. S (V. 140; C. 85). 



e. S (V. 141 ; C. 35). 



f. 5 skeleton. 



Viti Levu. 



Fiji Islands. 

 Fiji Islands. 

 Fiji Islands. 

 Viti Levu. 



Dr. J. G. Fischer. 



Christiania Museum. 

 Museum GodeiFroy. 

 Dr. Gunther [P.]. 



215. GLYPHODON. 



Glyphodon, part., Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 210 (1858). 

 Brachysoma, part., Kreffi, Sn. Austral, p. 48 (1869). 



Maxillary extending forwards as far as the palatine, with a pair 

 of large grooved poison-fangs, followed, after a wide interspace, by 

 6 small grooved teeth ;* mandibular teeth feebly grooved, anterior 

 strongly enlarged, fang-like. Head small, not distinct from neck ; 

 eye very small, with round or vertically subelliptio pupil ; nostril 

 pierced between two nasals; no loreal. Body cylindrical; scales 

 smooth, without pits, in 17 rows ; ventrals rounded. Tail short ; 

 subcaudals in two rows. ■ 



New Guinea and North Australia. 



In this genus the prse- and postfrontals meet, excluding the frontal 

 from the orbital periphery, as in the Sea-snakes of the genera Distira 

 and Enhydris, which are likewise distinguished by feeble grooves on 

 all the maxillary teeth. 



