219. DENISONIA. 



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1. Denisonia superba. 



Alecto curta, part., Bum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 1252 (1864). 



Hoplocephalus superbus, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 217 (1858). 



superbus, Krefft, ISn. Austral, p. 54, pi. xi. flg. 9 (1869) ; 



McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Vict., Dec. 1, p. 7, pi. ii. (1878)., 

 Alecto schmidtii, Jan, Icon. Gen. 44, pi. i. tig. 4 (1873).' 

 Hoplocephalus bransbyi, Macleay, Proc. linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. 



1878, p. 52. 

 ? Hoplocephalus vestigiatus. Be Vis, Proc. R. Soc. Queeiisl. i, 1884, 



p. 138. 



Eye as long as or a little longer than its distance from the 

 mouth (larger in the young). Eostral a little broader than deep, 

 just visible from above ; internasals one half to two thirds as long 

 as the prsefrontals ; frontal once and three fourths to twice as long 

 as broad, as broad as the supraocular, as long as or 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 2 + 2, lower anterior large and wedged 

 in between the fifth and sixth upper labials ; 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 16 (rarely 17) rows. Ventrals 

 145-160 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 41-50. Brownish to dark olive 

 above, the scales often edged 'with darker ; lateral scales often 

 yellow or salmon-red ; ventrals yellowisb or greyish olive, blackish 

 at the base. Toung with a black nuchal blotch or collar, which 

 may be bordered behind with yellow ; lips yellow, largely spotted 

 with black. 



Total length 1010 millim. ; tail 160. 



New South Wales, Southern Australia, Tasmania. 



a,b,c. c?(V. 153,148; 



0. 48, 45) & $ (V. 



155 ; C. 45). 

 d. d (V. 149; 0.41). 



Australasia. 



Taemania. 

 Tasmania. 

 Australia. 



e-f. d (V. 150, 147; 



0. 47, 46). 

 a-i. d(V. 150; 0.45), 



5 (V. 153 ; 0. 48), 



&yg.(V. 153; 0.45). 

 k. Yg. (V. 145 ; 0. 44). Australia, 

 I. Yg.(V. 150; 0.49). 



' Erebus & Terror'^ 

 Exped. 



A. J. Smith, Esq. 

 R.'"GuL,Esq.[P.]. r-(T.vpes.) 



J 



Oollege of Surgeons. 

 Burrawang, New J. J. Fletcher, Esq. [P.]. 

 South Wales. 

 m. 10 embryos. Mt. Monda, Vic- P. L. Selater, Esq. [P.], 



toria. 

 n. Skull. Australia. 



2. Denisonia coronata. 



Elaps coronatua. Schley. Fhys. Serp. ii. p. 464 (1837), and Abbild. 

 p. 187, pi. xlvi. flgs. 12 & 13 (1844) ; Gray, in Grey's Trav. 

 Austral ii. pi. v. fig. 2 (1841). 



