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nORX EXPEDITION-REPTILIA. 
Hornea, gen. n. 
Description of the Genus. —Head not distinct from neck ; snout flat and tren¬ 
chant ; eye small, with round pupil ; nostril in the middle of a single nasal, which 
is separated from the prieocular by the loreal j one anterior and two posterior 
oculars. Body cyliiidrical ; scales rather short and polished, in seventeen rows; 
anal bifid ; subcaudals in two rows. 
(8) Hornea pulchella., sp. now (Plate XII., Fig. 6). 
Description. —Ilostral broad, depressed, extending on the upper surface of 
snout, with angular horizontal edge in front; internasals trapezoid, the width 
behind equals the length ; pnefrontals as long as or a little longer than internasals ; 
frontal large, hexagonal, about two-thirds as broad as long, with an obtuse angle 
in front and an acute one behind, shorter than the parietals ; nasal single, nostril 
in the middle, separated from the pneocular by a loreal of about equal size and 
shape; one anterior and two posterior oculars ; temporals 1 -11 ; six upper labials, 
first small, sixth as large as fourth and fifth together ; scales in seventeen rows ; 
ventrals 172; anal divided ; subcaudals 1^. 
Colour. —Pale greyish-yellow above, with numerous, alternate, bright red and 
dark brown or black, slightly undulated, transverse bars on the back and tail. 
Nearly all are broken up into transverse series of .spots. Head yellowish, with 
a large black patch covering the interocular space and the parietals, and separated 
by a narrow interspace from a broad black collar; undersurfaces greyish white. 
Total length, 344 mm.; tail, 25 mm. 
Locality. —Charlotte Waters. 
VlPERID^. 
(1) Acanthophis, Daud. 
Acanthophis antarctica, Wagler. 
One specimen ((?), rather slender. Colour. —Brick-red, with numerous, darker, 
not very distinct, narrow, transverse bands; tip of tail black. 
Locality. —Charlotte AVaters. 
Distribution. —All Australia. 
