318 COLITBBID^. 



a. Hgr. (V. 176 ; 0. 47). Near Sydney. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of D. cucullata. ) 

 b,e. c? (V. 178; C. 52) Port Macquarie. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



& 5 (V. 183 ; 0. 34). 



3. Pseudelaps krefftii. 



Cacophis krefftii, Giinth. Ann. %■ Mag. N. S. (3) xii. 1863, p. 361 ; 

 Krefft, iSn. Austral, p. 74, pL xi. fig. 6 (1869). 



Eye as long as its distance from the mouth. Rostral twice as 

 broad as deep, scarcely visible from above ; internasals shorter than 

 preefrontals : frontal once and one fourth as long as broad, a little 

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

 parietals ; nasal entire, in contact with the single praeocular ; two 

 postoculars; temporals 1 + 2; six upper labials, third and fourth 

 entering the eye ; three or four lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or shorter than the 

 posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrala 146-156; anal divided ; 

 subcaudals 26-38. Dark brown or blackish above, each scale 

 with a light longitudinal line; a yellowish cross-band on the 

 occiput, connected with the yellowish colour of the sides of the head 

 and end of snout ; lateral head-shields spotted and streaked with 

 dark brown ; ventrals whitish, edged with black, at least on the 

 sides ; subcaudals whitish, with a black longitudinal streak running 

 between them. 



Total length 255 millim. ; tail 33. 



Queensland. 



a. Yg. (V. 146 ; 0. 38). North of the Clarence R. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type.) 

 6. Hgr. (V. 151 ; 0. 26). North of the Clarence R. G. Kreflt, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Pseudelaps fordii. 



Cacophis fordei, Krefft, Proc. Zool. 8oc. 1869, p. 318, fig., and Sn. 

 Austral, p. 75, pi. xii. fig. 8 (1869). 



Appears to agree in almost every respect with P. krefftii and 

 P. harrieitce, but the ventrals number 167-172 and are yellow, 

 ■with a dark edge. 



Ipswich, Queensland. 



5. Pseudelaps harriettse. 



Cacophis harriettse, Krefft, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 319, fig., and 

 Sn. Austral, p. 76, pi. xi. fig. 13 (1809). 



Eye hardly as long as its distance from the mouth. Rostral 

 twice as broad as deep, scarcely visible from above ; internasals 

 shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal once and a half as long as 

 broad, a little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 shorter than the parietals ; nasal entire, in contact with or narrowly 

 separated from the single praeocular ; two postoculars ; temporals 

 l-i-2; six upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; four 

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



