Total length, 510 millimetres; tail 95.

Habitat: Queensland, New South Wales.

(3) H. stephensii.—239 ventrals; 60 subcaudals.

Body barred alternately with black and white; the black bars are twice as broad as the white ones; head dark, spotted with yellow; a W-shaped yellow mark on the back of the head.

Total length, 760 millimetres.

Habitat: Port Macquarie, New South Wales.

(i) Tropidechis.

Same general characters; nasal shield entire; scales on the body strongly keeled, in 23 rows. Tail moderate; subcaudals in a single row.

T. carinatus.—Colour dark olive, with darker cross-bands; belly yellow, more or less tinged with olive-green.

Total length, 730 millimetres; tail 120.