BY C. W. DE VIS, M.A. 



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labial hardly touching the anterior ocular. Upper anterior 

 temporal touching both posterior oculars : lower wedged be- 

 tween last two labials. Labials -|. Scales rather thick and 

 rugose, hinder angle rather produced and spatuliform. Above 

 blue black ; each scale of the back with a white mark on each 

 side of the base. 



One specimen in damaged condition from an uncertain 

 locality. 



Cacophis warro. 



Scales in 15 rows ; ventral plates 143 ; subcaudals I anal 

 bifid. Rostral shield broad and low, rounded anteriorly. Xasal 

 shield single, short. Loreal replaced by the postfrontal, which 

 is in contact with the 3rd and 4th labials. The fourth labial 

 and ocular equally form the fore edge of the orbit. Upper an- 

 terior temporal in contact with both postei-ior oculars. Lower 

 temporal wedged in between penultimate and last labials. 

 Vertical broad in front with an obtuse anterior, acute posterior 

 angle, and converging sides. Scales broad, smooth, rhomboidal, 

 with the acute angles truncated. Tail short. Habit stout. 

 Brown, many of the scales irregularly edged with darker, pro- 

 ducing a speckled appeai-ance. On the nape, a very broad 

 lunated collar. Upper surface of head, except the tips of the 

 occipitals, dark, but paler than the nuchal collar. 



Locality, Warro Station, Port Curtis, collected by Mr. 

 F. A. Blackman. 



Brachysoma sutherlandi. 



Scales in 17 rows. Ventral plates 160. Subcaudal plates 

 Anal plate bifid. The rostral shield is broad, truncated 

 in front, and extends backwards to tlie level of the nostril. 

 Nasal shield single, extended backwards to replace the loreal, 

 and separating the postfrontal from the labials. The anterior 

 ocular and third labial ec^uall}^ form the fore edge of the orbit. 

 The occipital and last labial are in contact on the one side of the 

 head, on tlie othei- separate, and allowing the anterior temporal to 

 come into contact with the lower posterior ocular ; labials f . 

 vertical an elongate hexagon with obtuse anterior, acute 

 posterior angle and nearly parallel exterior edges. Scales 

 smooth, rhomboidal, with the acute angles truncated. Red 

 brown above, becoming bright on the head, and passing into 

 sienna yellow below : a broad lunar black band, edged with 

 paler, aci-oss the nape ; a faint band over the head at the 

 vertex : a second over the tip of the snout. Body and tail with 



