82 COLITBEIBiE. 



D. Bronzy above ; the black streak on the side of the head pro- 



longed as a broad band along each aide of the anterior part 

 of the body ; belly pale olive, immaculate. {B. hatowensis, 

 Macleay.) 

 a-b. S (V. 189 ; 0. 144) N.W. New Guinea. M. A. Linden [0.]. 

 & $ (V. 190 ; C. 137). 



E. Bronzy or olive above, the scales usually black-edged; the 

 black streak on the side of the head not prolonged on the 

 body, or but feebly marked; belly yellowish or pale olive, 

 immaculate. (D. salomonis, Gthr.) 



a. 9 (V. 211 ; 0. ?). Timor Laut. H. 0. Forbes, Esq. 



[0.]. 



h. S (V. 201 ; C. ?). Kei Ids. Capt. Langen [P.j. 



c-e, f. (S (V. 202, 197; Duke of York Id. Kev. G. Brown [C.]. 

 0. 148, ?) & S (V. 207, 

 192 ; 0. 151, 148). 



g,h. d (V. 193, 194; Solomon Ids. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 

 0. ?, 148). (Types of D. salomonis.) 



i. Yg. (V. 180; 0. 126). Alu, Shortland Ids., 0. M.Woodford, Esq. 



Solomon Ids. [C.]. 



A. 5 (V. 200 ; C. ?). San Christoval, Solo- H. B. Guppy, Esq. 



monlds. [P.]. 



/, m. 2 (V. 202 ; C. F) & Santa Anna Id., Solo- H. B. Guppy, Esq. 

 yg. (V. 203 ; 0. 143). mon Ids. [P.]. 



E. Olive-green to bright green above, uniform bright greenish 

 yellow beneath ; black streak on the side of the head well- 

 marked but not continued on the body. 



a-e. 2 (V. 180, 182, 188, Rubiana, New Georgia, C.M.Woodford, Esq. 

 186, 187 ; 0. 137, 126, Solomon Ids. [0.]. 



136, 131, 137). 



G. Black above, dark olive-grey or blackish beneath. 



a-b. 2 CV. 191, 190 ; Rossel Id., Louisiade B. H. Thomson, Esq. 



C. 12.5, ?). Archipelago. [P.]. 



c. c? (V. 183; 0. 136). Normauby, Louisiade B. H. Thomson, Esq. 



Archipelago. [P.]. 



(Z. 2 (V. 179 ; 0. 126). Guadalcanal, Solomon C.M.Woodford, Esq. 



Ids. [C.]. 



4. DendropMs punctulatus. 



Leptophis punctulatus. Gray, in King's Voy. Aitstral. ii. p. 432 



(1827). 

 Deudrophis (Ahsetula) olivacea, Gi-ay, Zool. Misc. p. 54 (1842). 



(Ahsetula) fusca. Gray, I. c. 



prasinus, Oirard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1857, p. 181, and U.S. 



Exphr. Exped., Herp. p. 181, pi. xii. figs. 7-10 (1858). 

 pnnctulata, Gunth. Cat. p. 149 (1858) ; Peters ^ Doria, Ann. 



Mm. Geneva, xiii. 1878, p. 390. 

 fuscus, Jan, Elenco, p. 86 (1863), and Icon. Gin. 32, pi. iii. 



fig. 1 (1869). 

 punctulata, Krefft, Snakes of Austi'al. p. 23, pis. iv. & v. fig. 6 



(1869). 



