Fig. 45.—Pseudelaps harriettæ.
Fig. 46.—Pseudelaps diadema.
Total length, 255 millimetres; tail 33.
Habitat: Queensland.
(4) P. harriettæ ([fig. 45]).—Nasal shield entire, in contact with or narrowly separated from the præocular; 1 + 2 temporals; 176-193 ventrals; 29-35 subcaudals.
Colour dark brown, with a light longitudinal line on each scale; a long yellow blotch on the nape, and, connected with this, a yellow ring round the snout; ventrals and subcaudals brown or black, edged with white.
Total length, 415 millimetres; tail 45.
Habitat: Queensland.
(5) P. diadema ([fig. 46]).—Nasal shield entire, widely separated from the præocular; 2 + 2 temporals; third and fourth upper labials entering the eye; 164-203 ventrals; 40-62 subcaudals. Colour pale brown or reddish, with a brown edging to each scale forming a reticulate pattern; a yellow cross-band on the occiput; belly uniformly white.