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DESCRIPTION OF XEW SNAKES, ETC. 



ten faint Jialf bands across the back, the last on the tip of the 

 taih 



Locality, Carl Creek, Norman River : collected by Mr. J. 

 Sutherland. 



KEY TO THE GENUS HOPLOCEPHALUS. 



A. Scales round the fore part of the body in 



21 rows. 



a. Ventral shields with alternating col ours 



as on the back .. ... ... stephensii. 



b. Ventral shields at the coi'ner, and outer 



row of scales yellow ... ... ... variegatus. 



B. Scales round the fore part of the body in 21 



or 19 rows 

 a. Head with spots, lips blotched... 



C. Scales in 19 rows 



sulcans. 

 temporalis, 

 mrtus. 



D. ,, ,, 18 rows anteriorly, 19 posteriorly .. 



E. ,5 ,,17 rows 



a. Body banded — ventrals with lateral 

 keel 



h. black, without marking's 

 c. a white streak along the temple 



F. Scales in 15 rows 



a. without markings : tongue white 

 h. neai'ly without mai'kings ; head pale pallidiceps 

 c. with a dark line down the back ; 

 a* the head and line black 

 h* ,, ,, darker 



rest of the body 



than the 



ornatus. 

 ater. 

 signatus. 



nigrescens. 



nigrostriatus. 



c* the head pale., 



d. with varied markings 

 a* a collar across the neck 



a 



a white sti'eak from the tip of 

 the snout to the upper lip 

 h** a white and a black streak along 



the face joining the collar . 

 c** a half collar 

 a spot neai' the corner of the mouth 

 Scales, each with two white marks 

 (/* a red spot on each of the two outer 



scales 

 e* Head black ... 



J r- 



ravisayi. 

 siiperhus, 

 young. 



mastersii. 



coronatus. 

 minor, 

 minor, 

 vestigiafus. 



superhus. 

 nigrictps. 



5 J 



with black spots and blotches spectahilis. 

 crown and nape black ... gouldii. 



