82 VENOMS 



Krefft, formerly Director of the Australian Museum at Sydney, 

 from whose work^ we shall borrow a considerable portion of the 

 following notes, and the figures accompanying them. 

 The genera represented in Australia are : — 



(a) Ogmodon. 



(b) Glyphodon. 



(c) Pseudelaps. 



(d) Diemenia. 



(e) Pseudechis. 



(f) Denisonia. 



(g) Micropechis. 

 (h) Hoplocephalus. 



(i) Tropidechis. 



(j) Notechis. 

 (k) BhinhoplocepJialus. 



(1) Brachyaspis. 

 (m) Acanthopliis. 



(n) Elapognathus. 



(o) Bhynchelaps. 



(p) Furina. 



(a) Ogmodon. 



This genus is characterised by the maxillary bones extending 

 forwards as far as the palatines, and bearing, in addition to the 

 poison-fangs, 6 — 7 grooved teeth. The head is not distinct from 

 the neck; the eyes are very small. The body is cylindrical, and 

 covered with smooth scales in 17 rows. Tail short ; subcaudal 

 scales in 2 rows. 



0. vitianus. — Snout elongate, pointed ; 139 — 15'2 ventral scales ; 

 27 — 38 subcaudals. 



' The Snakes of Australia," Sydney, 1869. 



