408 COLUBBrD^. 



and two thirds as long as broad, not more than twice as broad as 

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

 the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; nasal not longer 

 than and in contact with the praeocular ; two postoculars ; temporals 

 1 + 1 ; six upper labials, third and fourth (exceptionally, third only) 

 entering the eye, sixth large ; two pairs of small chin-shields, with 

 an azygous shield between them. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrala 

 180-234; anal divided; subcaudals 14-25. Annulate black and 

 white, the annuli narroNver beneath * ; head black above, with a 

 white band across the snout and another across the occiput. 



Total length 590 millim. ; tail 36. 



Australia. 



a. 2 (V. 210; 0. 18). Swan R. (Type of V. annulata.) 



b. d (V. 207; C. 25). Sydney. G. Kreffi, Esq. [P.]. 

 c-d, e. 2 (V. 210, 207 ; New South Wales. Imperial Institute [P.J. 



0.21,18)&yg.(V.222; 



0. 16). 

 f-ff. Hgr. (V. 200, 180; Moreton Bay, 



0. 18, 20). Queensland. 



A. $ (V. 234; C. 18). Herbert E., N. J. A. Boyd, Esq. [P.]. 



Queensland. 

 i^l. (J (V. 205; C. 21) & Queensland. 



5 (V. 219, 221 ; 0. 14, 



19). 

 m. $ (V. 206 ; C. 18). Queensland. Col, Beddome [0.]. 



n. (S (V. 227 ; 0. 25). N. Australia. Eev. T. S. Lea [P.]. 



o. 9 (V. 215; 0.20). Austraha. Haslar Collection. 



2>. Skull of c. 



240. HOmORELAPS. 



Elaps, part., Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 289 (1801) ; Wagl. Syst. 



Amph. p. 193 (1830) ; Schleff. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 435 (1837) ; Hum. 



^ Bihr. Erp. Gin. vii. p. 1191 (1854) ; Gunth. Cat. Col. Sn.-^. 229 



(1858) ; Jan, Bev. Sf Mag. Zool. 1858, p. 516. 

 Homoroselaps, Jan, I. c. p. 518. 

 Poecilophis (More Kaup), Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 88; Peters, 



Mon. Berl. Ac. 1862, p. 636. 



Maxillary extending forwards beyond the palatine, with a pair 

 of large poison-fangs without groove ; pterygoids toothless ; 

 mandibular teeth lew, 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 short ; subcaudals in two rows. 



South Africa. 



No postfrontal bone ; praefrontals widely separated from each 

 other and in contact with the parietals, excluding the frontals from 

 the orbital periphery. 



* Interrupted on the belly in V. Imnulata, Krefft, which is probably only a 

 colour-variety. 



