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provided with a large dark brown spot, and similar spots are also found on some 
of the lateral scales, arranged in such a way that transverse bands of spots are for- 
med; belly almost unspotted. Ground colour in spirit pale yellowish or creamy. 
The scales of the vertebral row are somewhat larger than the adjoining ones, 
although this is less prominent than in Å. levis. 
The colour pattern and general appearance of this new species reminds about 
the same of A. levis from the same locality, but the by comparison with the latter 
species striking slenderness catches at once the eye and has compelled us to name 
it tenwis. This difference makes itself known in the smaller number of scales. It 
will be still more apparent by comparing the following exact measurements: 
Aipysuwrus laevis. Ai. tenwis. 
Totalslengthaal, 10. Tiäeralted TE regel 112: em. 102 em. 
WWidtiivot oheadubelhnduithefeyest sme Etna 35 mm. 14 mm. 
Vertical height of head opposite the eyes. . .. ... 20013 10 > 
Thickness of neck -behind the head rn. sm. 28-03 13,50 
Transverse diameter at the middle of the body . .. 25—32> 20 > 
Vertical > Öde » SJ HIV ÖS Smilla 
Pseudelaps squamulosus Dum. & BiBR. — 1 specimen from Blackal Range, 
S. Queensland. ”?/s 1911. 
Pseudelaps diadema ScHLEG. — A small specimen from Broome agrees in every 
detail with BoULENGER'S description exept that the frontal is a little broader than 
long and the scales are arranged in 17 rows. 
Diemenia psammophis ScHLeG. — 3 specimens from the interior of the Kim- 
berley district; 1 specimen from Broome; 1 specimen Yandina, S. Queensland. 
Diemenia nuchalis. — One specimen from Fitz Roy river, N. W. Australia. 
Denisonia superba GTHR. — 1 specimen from Melbourne. 
Denisonia signata JAN. — 1 specimen from Blackal Range, S. Queensland. 
Denisonia gouldii Grayr. — 1 specimen from Perth. 
Denisonia nigrescens GturR. — 1 specimen from Blackal Range, S. Queensland. 
Rhynchelaps bertholdi JAN. — 1 specimen from Carnarvon, W. Australia. 
Rhynchelaps semifasciatus GTHR. — 1 specimen from the interior of the Kim- 
berley district. 
