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AUSTRALIAN SNAKES. 
MacGtllivray’s Snake. Br achy soma triste. 
Grlyphodon tristis, G-thr., Colubr . Snakes , p. 211. 
Brachysoma triste, GtlirAnn. Sf Mag. Nat . Mist., 3rd Series, vol. XI, p. 24. 
Scales in 17 rows. 
Two anal plates. 
Abdominals ? 
Subcaudals ? 
Total length, 82". 
Above uniformly blackish brown, scales of the sides obscurely 
lighter-edged; scales in seventeen rows ; vertical broad, six-sided, with an 
obtuse angle in front, and a right one behind; outer edges much conver¬ 
gent ; two nasals, nostril between ; first temporal shield not much larger 
than hinder ones, and in contact with both oculars; scales smooth, rhom- 
hoidal, in seventeen rows; anal bifid; above uniformly black, with a broad, 
brownish collar; scales on the sides lighter-edged; beneath uniformly dull 
yellowish ; the dark coloration of the sides extending on to the outer edge 
of each ventral plate. 
Length of cleft of mouth, f" ; length of tail, 4^"; total length, 32". 
ZFUTRIITA.., Bum. fy Bibr. 
Body cvlindric, rather elongate; tail rather distinct from trunk, 
short, tapering, ending in an obtuse, conical scale; head not distinct from 
neck, moderate, rather depressed, rounded; rostral shield very large, 
protruding, rounded, extending between the anterior frontals; frontals 
nearly equal in size; vertical very broad, reaching the anterior ocular; no 
loreal, replaced by the conjunction of nasal, posterior frontal, and ocular; 
one nasal, pierced by the small rostral; one anterior, two posterior oculars. 
Scales smooth, not much imbricated, in not very oblique rows, short, 
with rather rounded apex, in fifteen rows ; anal bifid; subcaudals, two- 
rowed. Grooved tooth in front, a series of smooth teeth behind. 
Spotted Snake. Furina calonotos. 
Purina calonotos, Bum. Bibr., p. 1241, pi. 75 bis. 
Brachysoma calonotos, GnthrColubr. Snakes , p. 229. 
The description in the British Museum Catalogue is — “ Pale brown 
above; back black, punctated with white ; head and neck black, with a 
white cross band before the eyes and a white collar. Tasmania.” 
