406 COITTBRID^. 



Maxillary extending forwards beyond the palatine ; a pair of 

 moderately large, grooved poison-fangs, and one or two small solid 

 teett near the posterior extremity of the maxillary ; mandibular 

 teeth subequal. Head small, not distinct from neck; eye very 

 small, with round pupil ; nostril in a single nasal ; no loreal. Body 

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

 rounded. Tail very short, obtuse ; subcaudals in two rows. 



Australia. 



The skuU agrees with Elajps and Homorelaps, and differs from aE 

 other Elapines in the absence of postfrontal bone ; the prefrontals, 

 which are widely separated from each other, are produced backwards 

 towards the parietals so as to nearly exclude the frontals from the 

 orbital periphery. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Upper portion of rostral at least as long as 



its distance from the frontal ; five upper 



labials ; frontal more than twice as broad 



as the supraocular ; ventrals 181-200 . . 1. bimaculata, p. 406, 

 Upper portion of rostral shorter than its 



distance from the frontal; six upper 



labials ; frontal more than twice as broad 



as the supraocular ; ventrals 126-131 . . 2. calonota, p. 407. 

 Upper portion of rostral shorter than its 



distance from the frontal; six upper 



labials ; frontal not more than twice as 



broad as the supraocular ; ventrals 180- 



234 3. occipitalis, p. 407. 



1. Furina bimaculata. 



Fittina bimaculata, Bum. 8r Bibr. vii. p. 1240 (1854) ; Jan, Rev. Sr 

 Mag. Zool. 1869, p. 125, pi. vi. ; Gunth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (3) 

 xi. 1863, p. 24 ; Krefft, Sn. Austral, p. 61 (1869). 



Brachysoma diadema (nan Schlea ' uOiinth. Cat, p. 229 (1858). 



bimaoulatum, Oiinth. I. c. 



Pseudelaps bimaculatus, Jan, Blenco, p. 116 (1863), and Icon. Oen. 

 43, pi. V. fig. 2 (1873). 



Eostral large, as deep as broad, the portion visible from above at 

 least as long as its distance from the frontal ; internasals a little- 

 shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal nearly as broad as long, thrice 

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

 the snout, shorter than the parietals ; nasal elongate, in contact 

 with the prseocular ; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1 ; five upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye, fifth very large; two 

 pairs of very small chin-shields, with an azygous shield between 

 them. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 181-200; anal divided;, 

 subcaudals 21-25. Yellowish above, each scale edged with black 

 or with a small black spot ; end of snoxit, a large blotch covering: 



