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Dipsas ornata , n. sp., Macleay, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) iii, p. 416, 
King’s Sound, N.W. Australia. 
Pythonodipsas carinata , Gthr., redescribed by Boulenger, Ann. N. H. 
(6) ii, p. 140. 
Pareas mcellendorjji , Bttg., figured by Bcettger, 26.-28. Ber. Offenb. 
Ver. pi. ii, fig. 1. P. andersonii , n. sp., Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Genov. 
(2) vi, p. 601, Upper Burma. 
Odontomus f erg usonii, n. sp., Haly, Taprobanian, iii, p. 51, Ceylon. 
TJlupe daviaoni , Blanf. : note on a specimen from Siam ; Bcettger, 
26-28 Ber. Offenb. Ver. p. 55. 
Simocephalus nyassce, n. sp., Gunther, Ann. N. H. (6) i, p. 328, Lake 
Nyassa. 
Boodon geometricus, Boie. : remarks by Gunther, t. c. p. 328. B . 
ventralis , p. 329, pi. xviii, fig. a, Old Calabar and Ashantee, seychellensis , 
p. 330, pi. xviii, fig. c, Seychelles, biprceocularis , p. 330, pi. xviii, fig. B, 
Lake Tanganyika and Mombas, poensis , p. 330, Fernando Po, and n lentalis, 
p. 331, pi. xix, fig. a, Damaraland, n. spp., id. t % c. 
Boodon ( Alopecion ) vossii , n. sp.. J. G. Fischer, JB. Hamb. v, p. 3, 
pi. i, fig. 1, Camoroon. 
ELAPIDiE. 
Vermicella bertholdi , Jan : note by A. Zietz, Tr. R. Soc. S. Austr. x, 
p. 300. 
Pseudechis australis , Gray, figured by McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Viet, 
pi. cxlii. 
Hoplocephalus melanurus , p. 88, and woodfordi , p. 89, n.spp., Boulenger, 
P. Z. S. 1888, Solomon Is. 
Diemenia superciliosa , Fisch. : note by A. Zietz, t. c. p. 300. D angusti- 
ceps , n. sp., Macleay, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) iii, p. 417, King’s Sound, 
N.W. Australia. 
Elapsoidea hessei , Bttg., described and figured by Bcettger, Ber. Senck. 
Ges. 1888, p. 83, pi. ii, fig. 6. E. nigra, n.sp., Gunther, Ann. N. H. (6) i, 
p. 332, Ushambola. E. decosteri, n. sp., Boulenger, op. cit. ii, p. 141, 
Delagoa Bay. 
Naja tripudians , Merr., var. oxiana , Eichw. : notes by Bcettger, Zool. 
Jahrb. iii, p. 943. 
Bungarus multicinctus , Blyth (= semifasciatus , Gthr., nee Kuhl), 
described by Bcettger, 26.-28. Ber. Offenb. Ver. p. 86. 
Dendraspis f Schleg. : a revision of the species, by Barboza du Bocage, 
J. Sci. Lisb. xii, pp. 138-147, figs. 
Causus jaclcsonii, n. sp., Gunther, Ann. N. H. (6) i, p. 331, Lake Tan- 
ganyika and Lamu. 
Azemiop8 f n. g. Maxillary short, erect, bearing a single largo per- 
forated fang ; palatine and pterygoid teeth numerous, small ; head 
distinct from neck ; nostril pierced in a single nasal; eye small, with 
vertical pupil ; two pree- and two post-oculars ; loreal present ; body and 
tail moderate, cylindrical ; scales smooth ; anal single ; sub-caudals 
double. Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi, p. 602. A. fees, n.sp., 
id. t. c. p.. 603, Kakhien Hills, Upper Burma. 
