221.HOPL0CEPHAI.US. 349 



Hoplocephalu8 variegatus, Oiinth. I. c. p. 214 ; Krefft, Sn. Austral. 

 p.66,pl.Ti.%. 6(1869). 



Eye as long as or slightly longer than its distance from the 

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

 visible from above ; internasals shorter than the prsefrontals ; 

 frontal once and a half as long as broad, once and a half as broad as 

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

 shorter than the i)arietals ; nasal entire or divided, in contact with 

 or narrowly separated from the single preeocular ; two postoculars ; 

 temporals 2+2, lower anterior very large, wedged in between the 

 fifth and sixth upper labials, and nearly reaching the lip ; six upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; three lower labials 

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

 posterior. Scales in 21 rows. Ventrala obtusely angulate laterally, 

 204—221 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 40-56. Black above, with 

 yellow spots forming more or less regular cross-bands on the body ; 

 upper labials yellow, margined with black ; ventrala blackish, yellow 

 OQ the sides. 



Total length 1620 miUim. ; tail 210. 



New South Wales. 



a. 2 (V. 212 ; 0. 46). New South Wales. G. Kreffl, Esq. fP.]. 



b. ? (V. 221 ; 0. 42). Australia. Lord Derby [P.]. 

 e. S (V. 204 ; C. 52). Australia. Dr. Bennett [P.J. 



d. Hgr. (V. 210 ; 0. 56). Australia. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



e. cJ (V. 210 ; 0. 51). Australia. Zoological Society. 



f. Yg. (V. 204; C. 47). Australia. 



2. Hoplocephalus bitorquatus. 



Alecto bitorquata, Jan, Bev. ^ Mag. Zool. 1859, p. 128, and loon. 



Gin. 43, pi. vi. fig. 6 (1873). 

 Hoplocephalus pallidiceps, part., Kreffl, Sn. Austral, p. 69, pi. xi. 



%. 1 (1869). ■ 



sulcana, He Vis, Proc. S. Sac. Queensl. i. 1884, p. 138. 



■ waitii, Douglas Oqilhy, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) ix. 1894, 



p. 261. 



Eye as long as or slightly longer than its distance from the mouth 

 (larger in the young). Eostral broader than deep, just visible from 

 above ; internasals one half to two thirds as long as the prsefrontals ; 

 frontal once and one third to once and two thirds as long as broad, 

 a little broader than 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 prseocular ; two 

 postoculars; temporals' 2-1-2, lower anterior large and wedgedin 

 between the fifth and sixth upper labials and sometimes reaching 

 the lip ; six (or seven) upper labials, third and fourth entering the 

 eye ; three lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 

 which are as long as or a little shorter than the posterior. Scales 

 in 21 rows. Ventrals strongly angulate laterally, 191-227.; anal 



