DESCRIPTION OF SNAKES APPARENTLY NEW. 25 
from the preocular by the prefrontals and nasals ; nasal divided, 
the nostrils in the posterior moiety, which is widely separated from 
the preocular ; frontal a little broader than the supraocular, rather 
more than one and a-half times as long as broad, its length seven- 
eighths of its distance from the rostral and equal to that of the 
parietals ; oculars 2-2 ; * upper labials seven, third and four entering 
the orbit ; two lower labials in touch with the anterior chin-shield, 
which is much longer than the posterior. Scales in 23 rows (25 
on the neck), the dorsals very narrow, the lower laterals nearly as 
broad as long ; ventrals 233, subcaudals 63 pairs ; anal entire, pale 
brown above becoming paler on the muzzle, which is spotted, and 
fading on the sides into ivory white on the ventrals ; ventrals 
irregularly tinged and blotched with pale rose-red. Total length 
2,215 mm. ; tail 340 mm. 
Loc. : "Walsh .River. 
Presented by Dr. T. L. Bancroft. 
PSEUDELAPS BANCROFTI, n.s. 
Eye much longer than its distance from the mouth, pupil 
vertically subelliptic ; rostral as long as broad, its upper surface as 
long as its distance from the frontal ; internasals two-thirds of the 
length of the prefrontals ; frontal less than half as long again as it is 
broad, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than 
the parietals ; nasal entire, in touch with the preocular ; oculars 1-2 ; 
temporals 1-2, the lower anterior moderately wedged in between the 
fifth and sixth upper labials; six upper labials ; the third and fourth 
entering the orbit ; three lower labials in touch with the anterior 
chin-shields, which are much longer than the posterior, the latter 
separated by a scale. Scales in 17 rows ; ventrals 188, subcaudals 
59 ; anal divided. Head and nape to the eleventh scale light brown, 
edged posteriorly and superiorly by a few jet-black scales ; inter- 
orbital region with an obsolete darker crossband ; body and tail 
above pale greenish brown, on its posterior moiety seven broad 
blackish cross-bands ; beneath yellowish white with quadrangular 
pink spots, two or more on each ventral, not forming longitudinal 
rows. Total length 587 mm., tail 100 mm. 
Loc. : Stannary Hills. 
Presented by Dr. T. L. Bancroft. 
* Temporal regions damaged in extracting venom gland. 
