344 COLTTBEID-S!. 



broad as the supraocular, as long as its distance from the end of 

 the snout, shorter than the parietals ; nasal entire, in contact with 

 the single prseocular ; two postoculars ; temporals 2+2, lower 

 anterior wedged in between the fifth and sixth labials ; six upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; four lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as the 

 posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 180-184; anal entire; 

 subcaudals 50-64. Yellowish above, the scales edged with brown, 

 with a dark brown vertebral stripe ; head dark brown above ; upper 

 lip and lower parts yellowish white. 



Total length 380 millim. ; tail 52. 



Queensland. 



a. $ (V. 184 ; C. 60). Eockhampton. Museum Godeiiroy. 



17. Denisonia carpentariae. 



Hoplocephalus carpentarise, MacUay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) 

 ii. 1887, p. 403. 



Eye slightly longer than its distance from the mouth. Eostr^l 

 twice as broad as deep, just visible from above ; internasals hardly 

 half as long as the prefrontals ; frontal once and one fourth as long 

 as broad, twice as broad as the supraocular, a little longer than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; 

 nasal entire, not reaching the single praeocular ; two postoculars ; 

 temporals 2+2, lower anterior wedged in between the fifth and 

 sixth labials ; six upper labials, second in contact with the prse- 

 frontal, third and fourth entering the eye ; three or four lower 

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

 as the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 166-188 ; anal 

 entire ; subcaudals 31-43. Brown above, each scale lighter in thp 

 centre ; upper lip, outer row of scales, and lower parts yellowish 

 white. 



Total length 285 millim. ; tail 47. 



Northern Queensland. 



a. 2 (V. 183 ; C. 31). Peak Downs. Museum Godeffroy. 



18. Denisonia pallidiceps. 



Hoplocephalus pallidiceps, Giinth. Cat. p. 214 (1858) : Cope, Proc. 

 Ac. Philad. 1859, p. 343. 



pallidiceps, part., Krefft, 8n. Austral, p. 59 (1869). 



Alecto permixta, Jan, Icon. Gen. 44, pi. i. fig. 2 (1878). 



Eye small, hardly as long as its distance from the mouth. 

 Eostral twice as broad as deep, visible from above ; internasals one 

 half to two thirds the length of the prsefrontals ; frontal once and 

 ■one fourth to once and a half as long as broad, twice as broad as 

 , the supraocular, as long as or a little longer than its distance from 

 the end of the snout, about two thirds the length of the parietals ; 



