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MEMOmS OF THE QUEENSLAND -MUSEUM. 
REPTILES FROM QUEENSLAND AND THE 
NORTHERN TERRITORY. 
By Heber a. Longman. 
(Plates Xiy and XY.) 
SNAKES. 
FURINA MULTIFASCIATA, sp. nov. 
A SINGLE specimen received from Port Darwin, through the courtesy of 
Mr. G. P. Hill, Government Entomologist, is readily distinguished from pre- 
Tiously described species by the larger number of ventrals and of wdiite annuli 
and the absence of iuternasals. Unfortunately we are unable to ascertain 
whether this snake has the true cranial characteristics of other species of Furina, 
■although the outward appearance suggests strong affinities. It may be that 
when further material is to hand and the cranium and dentition are available 
for description, a new -genus will be needed to accommodate tins species. 
Head small. Eostral wider than deep, portion visible from above shorter 
than its distance from the frontal. The priefroutals are large and over two- 
thirds the length of the frontal, but, as in Rhinlioiylocephalus bicolor, there are 
no internasals. Frontal a little longer than broad, much ])roader than the siipra- 
■oeular, as long as its distance from the end of the snout. Parietals as long as 
their distance from the end of the snout. Nasals prominent, entire. Eye small ; 
■one large pneocular, one or two postoculars. Temporals 1 + 1, base of anterior 
between fifth and sixth labials. Six labials, third and fouidh entering eye; 
first smallest, sixth largest. Anterior chin-shields larger than posterior, the 
latter being separated by an axv^gous shield. Scales in 15 rows; ventrals 284; 
■subcaudalsIS + 1; anal divided. 
Shining black above. There are ninety narrow white annuli (enlarged 
laterally) on the body, the first being on the nuchal region; no white markings 
on head above, but the anterior labials and the infralabials are white. The 
ventral surface is irregularly spotted. 
Length 365 mm. ; tail 16 mm. 
Type in Queensland Museum; Keg. No. Q.M. J 14/2019. 
PSEUDECHIS PORPHYRIACUS, Sliaw. 
From Mr. C. G. Franklin, Hillview, Heaudesert district, the IMuseum 
has received a specimen of the common black snake in which the anal plate 
ishows no sign of dmsion. 
