10 Rejpt. 
REPTILTA. 
Fordonia papuensis^^^. n., Macleay, 1. c. p. 36, Katow, New Guinea. 
Dromieus (Alsophis) maculivittiSj sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 458, Oalabozo. 
Di'yophylax vitellinus^ sp. n., Cope, L c. p. 33, Peru. 
Dmdrophis Ireviceps au^i hatowensis, Katow, darnleyensisj Darnley 
Island, Macleay, I, c. pp. 37 & 38 ; D. macropa^ Gunther, 1. c. p. 131, 
fig. 2, Austro-Malayan sub-region : spp. nn. 
Oxyrrhopus rusticus, sp. n.. Cope, /. c. p. 92, hab. ? 
Ly codon darnleyensisj sp. n., Macleay, 1. c. p. 38, Darnley Island. 
PappophiSj g.n. Body elongate, moderately stout and slightly trigonal ; 
tail long and tapering ; head broad, flat towards the muzzle, which is 
broad and rounded, and constricted behind into a narrow ueck ; loreal 
not longer than high, except at the lower posterior angle, where it is 
continued iuto a point ; nostril large, between two nasals ; rostral 
pointed above ; frontals 4, pentagonal, the posterior pair largest ; one 
largo anterior, and 2 small poster! ov oculars ; upper labials 9, lower 12 ; 
eyes large, in contact with the 4th, 5th, and 6th upper labials ; anterior 
teeth in both jaws long, acute, and pointed backwards ; scales narrow and 
pointed, the vertebral series larger and rounded ; anal entire, subcaudals 
in two rows. P. laticeps, Hall Sound, Katow, spp. nn.; id. 1. c. 
pp. 39-40. 
FrebophiSj g. n. (Erycinides). Body stout aud thick, covered with short 
scales, which are arranged in numerous rows, and provided with very 
strong keels. Head like that of a Orotaline snake, above and on the 
side with numerous scales, rostral flat, truncated, oblique, not extend- 
ing to the upper surface of the snout ; nostril very small, in middle of an 
oblong shield ; eyes small, surrounded by small scales ; ventrals rather 
narrow ; tail very short, shghtly prehensile, with a single series of sub- 
caudals ; teeth in both jaws numerous, the anterior of the maxillary, 
mandible, and palatine bones much enlarged ; tongue very slender ; no 
rudiments of hind limbs. E. asper, sp. n., Gunther, 1. c. p. 132, pi. xxi., 
Austro-Malayan sub-region. 
Boa ortonij sp. n.. Cope, 1. c. p. 35, Peru. 
Python curtuSj Schleg. Description and figure ; A. Hubrecht, Ann. 
Mus. Leyd. No. 1. 
Elaps atro-frontalis (Jan, MS.), sp. n., Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) i. 
p. Ill, Cochin China. 
Diemenia papuensiSj sp. n., Macleay, 1. c. p. 40, New Guinea. 
Brachysoma triste, Gthr. Supplemental description of a specimen 
from Cape York ; E. Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 113. 
Platyurus laticaudatuSj L., on its varieties ; Peters, 1. c. p. 417. 
AEpyurus fuliginosus, B. & D., redescribed by Sauvage, Bull. Soc. 
Philom. (7) i. p. 112. 
Acanthophis antarcticaj E. Ramsay, 1. c. p. 72, Cape York; A. IceviSj 
Macleay, 1. c. p. 40, Katow : spp. nn. 
Atractaspis : notes on the characters of the species. A. congica, fig. 2, 
Chinchoxo, hildehrandlij fig. 3, Zanzibar, natalenaiSj fig. 4, Peters, 1. c. 
pp. 616 & 617 : spp. nn. 
H. Nicholson contradicts F. Buckland’s statement that Rattlesnakes 
cannot produce the sound in wet weather ; Nature, xvi. p. 266. 
