UNDESCRIBED REPTILES AND FISHES — OGILBY. 
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On some UNDESCRIBED REPTILES and FISHES from 
AUSTRALIA. 
B.y J. Douglas Ogilby. 
Typhlops curtus, sp. nov . 
Habit stout. Snout obtusely rounded, and moderately pro- 
minent ; nostrils inferior Rostral narrow, its upper portion 
three and two-thirds in the width of the head, extending to 
between the anterior margins of the eyes; nasal incompletely 
divided, the cleft originating above the first labial, forming a 
suture with the prefrontal ; preocular smaller than the ocular. 
Eye distinct. Prefrontal very large, much larger than the supra- 
oculars ; frontal and parietals not larger than the body-scales. 
Four upper labials. Diameter of body twenty-four times in the 
total length. Tail longer than broad, ending in a strong, short, 
conical spine, which scarcely projects beyond the surrounding 
scales. Twenty-three series of scales round the middle of the 
body, the dorsals and laterals smooth, the abdominals con- 
spicuously raised along the median line, with numerous faint 
carinations on the basal half, and with the tips free. 
Colors . — Pale reddish-brown above, each scale broadly margined 
with gray ; head-shields darker, chestnut-brown with a yellow 
margin ; lower surfaces yellow. 
Dimensions. 
Total length 
Head ... 
Width of head... 
Body 
Tail 
Breadth of tail... 
275 mm. 
7 
7 
259 
9 
8 
Habitat . — Walsh River, Gulf of Carpentaria. 
Type . — In the Australian Museum, presented by E. G. Braddon, 
Esq. Reg. No. R. 1132. 
Hoplocephalus suboccipitalis, sp. nov. 
Body moderate. Head depressed, rather small. Eye of 
moderate size, its diameter rather more than half the length of 
the snout, with rounded pupil ; supraciliary ridge but little 
developed. The height of the rostral is three-fourths of its 
breadth, its upper margin rounded, just visible from above ; 
length of the frontonasals five-sevenths of that of the prefrontals, 
