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PLATES. 
-of the 
3. Head (upper view, enlarged) 
3 a. Head (side view) 
3b. Head (lower view) 
3c. Portion of body 
3 cl. Tad 
Short-tailed Snake —Bracliyurophis australis. 
4. Head (upper view, enlarged to twice its natural size) of the 
Ornamented Snake —Denisonia ornata. 
to twice the natural size, of 
5. Head (upper view) ) n 
5a, Portion of body j cnlai = ed 
Kbefft’s Dwarf Snake —CacopJiis hrefftii. 
G. Head (upper view) of the 
Brown-banded Snake — Hoplocephalus curtus. 
7. Head (upper view) of the 
Death Adder — Acanthophis antarctica. 
8. Head (upper view) 4 of the 
Black Snake — Bseudechis porphyriacus. 
9. Head (upper view) of the 
Large-scaled Snake — Hoplocephalus superbus. 
10. Head (upper view) ) v 
10«. Portion Of body } of a - VOun " 
Brown Snake — Diemenia superciliosa. 
11. Head (upper view) of 
Blinders’ Snake — Hoplocephalus ater. 
12. Head (upper view) and 1 ,, 
12 a. Portion of the body ) ° rie 
Black and "White Binged Snake — Vermicella annulat a. 
13. Head (upper view) of 
Harriett’s Dwarf Snake — Cacophis harriettce. 
PLATE XII. 
1. Head (upper view) \ 
la. Head (side view) ) 
Tasmanian Snake- 
VBHTOBAOUS. 
of the 
—Hop locephalus coronoides. 
2. Head (upper Hew) of 
Gould’s Snake — Hoplocephalus gouldii. 
3. Head (upper view) of the 
Black-strlped Snake —Hoplocephalus nigrostriatus. 
