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Vanapina lineata. 
Snout rounded, moderately long ; eye about half as long as 
its distance from the mouth ; rostral as deep as broad, visible 
from above ; nasal divided by a groove to the second labial and 
by the nostril above ; internasals shorter than the prefrontals ; 
prefrontals entering the orbit ; frontal a fifth longer than broad, 
rather longer than its distance from the rostral ; shorter than 
the parietals, twice as broad as the supraoculars ; preocular fused 
with the prefrontal, one postocular ; temporals 1 + 2 ; 6 upper 
labials, third and fourth entering the orbit ; two pairs of chin 
shields, anterior in touch with lower labials, posterior more scale- 
like and separated by a scale; scale rows, 17.; ventrals, 288; 
anal divided ; subcaudals, 26. Above brown, a faintly darker 
longitudinal bar on each scale, forming obscure lines on dorsum, 
on the laterals the bars distinct and forming continuous lines 
on a white ground ; ventrals yellowish white with two black intra- 
marginal lines ; head with a white cross bar over the prefrontals, 
a round white spot on the rostral, and a large white blotch on the 
last two upper labials. One example in al. Habitat, Vanapa 
Valley, British New Guinea. Is this Apistocalamus lorice, Blgr ? 
Rhynchelaps latizonatus n.s. 
Snout deep, projecting at the tip ; eye less than two- thirds 
its distance from the mouth ; rostral broader than deep, with its 
edge and posterior angle obtuse, its upper surface equal to distance 
from the frontal ; internasals about two-thirds as long as the pre- 
frontals ; frontal as long as its distance from the tip of the snout, 
nearly one and one-fifth times as long as broad, broader than the 
supraoculars, one-third shorter than the parietals ; nasal elongate,, 
in touch with the single preocular ; two (?) postoculars ; temporals, 
1+1, the anterior very large ; six upper labials, the last very large, 
third and fourth entering orbit ; anterior chin shield rather the 
larger, in touch with three lower labials ; posterior separated by 
a scale ; scale rows, 15 ; ventrals, 225 ; anal divided ; sub- 
caudals, 19 pairs. Pale yellow, with 33 broad complete blue- 
black rings. One example in al. Habitat, Queensland. 
The tumid snout and greater number of ventrals distinguish 
this snake from R. bertholdi. On both sides the postocular area 
has lost its scales, it is even possible that there are no postoculars. 
Pseudechis gutta'a n.s. 
Distinguished from P. papuanus by its reduced number of 
ventrals and paired subcaudals, by differences in the proportions 
of some of its head shields and in colouring. 
Eye moderate, longer than its distance from the mouth ; 
rostral broader than deep, upper surface equal in length to the 
suture between the internasals, less than a third of its distance 
from the frontal ; internasals half the length of the prefrontals ; 
