2i ANNALS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
rostral from the first labial, widely separated from the preocular 
by the prefrontal which forms a suture with the second labial ; 
oculars 1-2 ; temporals 1-2, the anterior wedged in between the 
fifth and sixth upper labials ; upper labials seven, third and fourth 
entering the orbit, first very small and triangular ; three lower 
labials in touch with the anterior chin-shields, which are larger than 
the posterior. Scales in 15 rows; ventrals 185, subcaudals 33, anal 
entire. Above grey ; the nine median dorsal scales with black 
edges broadening laterally and forming longitudinal lines ; head and 
nape black interrupted by a white transverse band occupying the 
3pace between the end of the frontal and the fourth nuchal scale ; 
beneath white. Total length 190 mm., tail 40 mm. 
Loc. : Stannary Hills. 
Presented by Dr. T. L. Bancroft. 
PSEUDECHIS MORTONENSIS, n.s. 
Eye distant one and a half diameter from the mouth ; rostral 
one-fourth broader than long, its upper surface two and a half times 
shorter than its distance from the frontal, as long as the internasals 
at their longest; suture between the internasals half as long as that 
between the prefrontals ; frontal broader than the supraoculars, as 
long as its distance from the rostral ; posterior* nasal in touch with 
the preocular; oculars 1-2; temporals 2-2 (on one side 2-0), the 
lower anterior wedged in between the fifth and sixth upper labials ; 
upper labials six, third and fourth entering the orbit ; anterior chin- 
shield wedged in between the first and third lower labials, its apex 
touching the second ; chin-shields equal in length. Scales in 19 
rows ; ventrals 191, subcaudals (50 (22 single, 38 pairs) ; anal divided. 
Above black ; beneath dark lead-grey with a bluish tinge ; ventrals 
with narrow black edges anteriorly ; subcaudals paler than ventrals. 
Total length 1035 mm. ; tail 20 mm. 
Loc. : Brisbane Suburbs. 
PSEUDECHIS WILESMITHII, n.s. 
Eye moderately large, equal in diameter to its distance from the 
mouth, pupil round ; rostral one-fourth longer than broad, nearly as 
broad'as the internasals and prefrontal suture together are long, very 
visible from above, its apex a sharp point wedged between the 
internasals ; internasals half as long as the prefrontals, separated 
