356 



e-i. S (Sc. 21 ; V. 115, 



115 ; C. 50, 46), •$ 



(Sc.21;V. 119,119; 



C.45,43),&yg. (Sc. 



21; V. 116; 0.45). 

 Ti. 2 (Sc. 23 ; V. 126 ; 



0. 46). 

 I. Hgr. 2 (Sc. 21 ; V. 



121; C. 61). 

 m. i (So. 23 ; V. 118 ; 



C. 48). 

 n. Yg. (Sc. 21 ; V. 125 ; 



C. 45). 

 0. Yg. (Sc. 23; V. 



118; 0.48). 

 p. $ (Sc. 23 ; V. 130 



0. 42). 

 J. d (Sc. 23; V. 131 



0.?). 

 r. $ (Sc. 21 ; V. 121 



0. 41). 

 s. 2 (Sc. 21 ; V. 122 



C. 44). 

 t. 2 (Sc.21; V. 123 



0. 43). 

 u-v. 2 (Sc. 21; V. 122, 



123 ; 0. ?, 48). 

 w. 2 (Sc. 21 ; V. 115 



0. 47). 

 X. 2 (Sc. 21 ; V. 119 



0. 43). 

 y, z. ^ (Sc. 21; V, 



119 ; 0. 48) & ligr, 



2 (Sc. 23 ; V. 119 



0. 46). 

 a. 2 skeleton. 



COLTJBEID.S:. 



Kei Ids. 



New Guinea, Soutli of 



Huon Gulf. 

 Cape York. 



Oape York. 



Cardwell, Queensland. 



Gulf of Oarpentaria. 



Port Essington. 



N.W. Australia. 



Sydney. 



New South Wales. 



New Soutli Wales. 



New South Wales. 



Australia. 



? 



Australia. 

 227. ELAPOGNATHUS. 



Capt. Langen [P.]. 



Mr. Comrie [0.]. 

 H.M.S. 'Challenger.' 



H.M.S. Challengei'.' 

 G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 

 Lord Derby [P.]. 



Sir J. Richardson 



[P.]. 

 G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



Major Bray [P.]. 



G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



Imperial Institute 



[P.]. 

 Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



(Boa ac-uJeata, Shaw.) 



Haslar Collection. 



Dr. Bennett [P.]. 



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

 of moderately large grooved poison-fangs ; no other maxillary teeth ; 

 mandibular teeth subequal. Head small, not or but slightly distinct 

 from neck ; eye moderate, with round pupil ; nasal entire ; no loreal. 

 Body cylindrical ; scales smooth, without pits, in 15 rows ; ventrals 

 rounded. Tail moderate ; subcaudals single. 



Australia. 



1. Elapognathus minor. (Plate SIX. fig. 2.) 



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



minor, Giinth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (3) xii. 1863, p. 362 ; Krefft, 



Sn. Austral, p. 67 (1869). 



Eye much longer than its distance from the mouth. Eostral as 

 deep as broad or a little broader than deep, the portion visible from 

 above measuring one third to one half its distance from the frontal ; 



