332 COLUBKID^. 



Total length 1070 millim. ; tail 240. The type measures 

 2230 millim. 



South-eastern New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Australia *. 



a-b. 5 (V. 233, 230 ; 0. 63, 61). Fly River. Eev. S. Macfarlane [C.]. 



7. Pseudechis microlepidotus. 



Diemenia microlepidota, McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Viet., Dec. 3, p. 12, 

 pi. ixiii. figs. 2 & 3 (1879). 



Kostral broader than deep, visible from above ; internasals half 

 as long as the prasfrontals, not in contact with the praeocular; 

 frontal broader than the supraocular, once and a half as long as 

 broad, as long as its distance from the rostral, two thirds the length 

 of the parietals ; posterior nasal in contact with the single prae- 

 ocular ; two postoculars ; six upper labials, third and fourth enter- 

 ing the eye. 30 to 36 scales across the neck, 23 across the middle 

 of the body. Ventrals 232-237 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 61-66 

 pairs. Dark brown above, yellowish grey below, the ventral shields 

 edged and blotched with dark grey ; head sometimes blackish. 



Total length 1850 millim ; tail 250, 



Northern Victoria. 



8. Pseudechis ferox, 

 Diemenia ferox, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vi. 1881, p. 812. 



Snout very broadly rounded. Rostral broad and low; internasals 

 very much smaller than the praefrontals ; frontal longer than broad, 

 broader than the supraocular ; one prseocular, deeply grooved ; two 

 postoculars ; second upper labial touching the prsefrontal ; last 

 upper labial very large. Scales in 23 rows on the body. Ventrals 

 235 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 60 pairs. Glossy black above, 

 yellowish white beneath. 



Total length 2030 miUim. ; tail 300, 



Port Bourke, New South Wales. 



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219. DENISONIA. 



Elaps, part., Schl. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 435 (1837). 



Alecto {non Wagl.) part., Bum. ^ Bibr. Mrp. Gin. vii. p. 1249 



(1854) ; Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 116 (1863;. 

 Hoplocephalus, part., Gunth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 213 (1868) ; Krefftf 



Sn. Austral, p. 53 (1869). 

 Denisonia, Krefft, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 321, and I. c. p. 82. 



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

 of large grooved poison-fangs followed by 3 to 6 small solid teeth ; 

 mandibular teeth, anterior longest. Head more or less distinct from 

 neck; eye moderate or small, with round or vertically elliptic pupil ; 



* I haTe examined a young specimen (V. 230 ; 0. 78) from Mt. Showbridge, 

 IS. Australia, collected b; Dr. Dabl for the Ciiristiaiiia Museum.. 



