326 . COLTTBEID^. 



supraocular, once and tbree fourths to twice as long as broad, as 

 long as or a little longer than its distance from the end of the 

 snout, a little shorter than the parietala ; nasal entire (rarely- 

 divided), in contact with the single prseooular ; two (rarely three) 

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

 entering the eye, sixth largest ; four lower labials in contact with 

 the anterior chin-shields, which are nearly as long as the posterior. 

 Scales in 17 rows (20 to 23 on the neck). Ventrals 190-232 ; 

 anal divided; subcaudals 46-73, all or most in pairs. Adult 

 uniform pale brown or dark olive-brown above, whitish or olive 

 beneath ; young with a black blotch on the crown, separated from 

 a large black blotch on the nape by an orange cross-band ; belly 

 spotted with brown or black. 



Total length 1700 millim. ; tail 290. 



Eastern Australia, from Cape York to Victoria. 



A. No cross-bars on the body. 



a. S (V. 216; 0. 69). New South Wales. Imperial Institute [P. J 



h. Hgr. (V. 220 ; 0. 67). New South Wales. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Hgr. (V. 207 ; C. 67). Sydney. ' G. Kreffit, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Hgr. (V. 202; C. 64). Sandhurst, Victoria. Col. Beddome [0.]. 



e. Yg. (V. 202; C. 66). Adelaide. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 

 /. Yg. (V. 197 ; C. 67). Adelaide. Prof. Peters [P.l. 



q. Yg. (V. 213 ; C. 52). Adelaide. Eev. T. S. Lea [P.]. 



'h. $ (V. 218 ; C. 68). Norfolk Id. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



B. Body with black cross-bars. 



a-b. Yg. (V. 200, 194 ; New South Wales. Imperial Institute [P.]. 

 C. 66, 61). 



c. Yg. (V. 195 ; C. 601 Sydney. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Yg. (V. 194 ; C. 68). Sydney. Dr. Oorrie [P.]. 



e. Yg. (V. 193 ; C. 71). Australia. K. W. Willan, Esq. 



[P.]. (Type of 

 D. anmdata.) 



f. Yg. (V. 191 ; C. 64). Australia. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



7. Diemenia nuchalis. 



Pseudonaja nuchalis, Giinth. Cat. p. 227 (1858), and Proc. Zool. Soc. 



1863, pi 17, fig. ; McCoy, Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. (3) xx. 1867, p. 182 ; 



Krefft, Sn. Avstral. p. 44, pi. xii. f^g. 13 (1869) ; Macleay, Proc. 



Linn. Soc.N.S. W. ii. 1878, p. 219 ; De Vis, Proc. S. Soc. Queensl. 



i. 1884, p. 58. 



r aiRnis, Giinth. Ann. (^ Mag. N. H. (4) ix. 1872, p. 35, pi. iv. fig. C. 



Diemenia aspidorhvncha, McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Vict., Dec. 3, p. 13, 



pi. xxiii. fig. 4 (1879). 



Eye moderate. Hostral deeper than broad, the portion visible 

 from above as long as its distance from the frontal ; internaaals 

 shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal broader than the supraocular, 

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

 or a little shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, two 

 thirds to three fourths the length of the parietals ; nasal entire or 

 semidivided, in contact with the single prseocular ; two postoculars ; 

 temporals 1+2; six upper labials, third afifd fourth entering th6 



