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8. Typhlops olivaceus (Gray). 



Onychophis olivaceus^ Gray, Cat. 1845, p. 133. 

 Typhlops olivaceus^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. I 1893, P- S^- 



Snout with a narrow, sharp, transverse edge, strongly pro- 

 jecting; nostril inferior. Rostral large, the upper part three 

 fifths the width of the head, not extending to the level of 

 the eyes, the inferior part as broad as long ; nasal incompletely 

 divided, the cleft proceeding from the first labial; praeocular 

 present, about as broad as the ocular, in contact with the 

 second and third labials; eyes distinct; praefrontal much 

 enlarged ; four upper labials. Body with 20 or 22 scales round 

 the middle; its diameter 50 to 68 times in the total length; 

 tail two times and a half as long as broad, ending in a spine. 



Pale brown above, lighter below. Total length 410 mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Baram) ; Sangir Islands; Misol. — 

 Philippines; N. W. Australia. 



9. Typhlops lorenzi Werner. 



Typhlops lorenzi^ Werner, Mitt. Naturh. Mus. 

 Hamburg XXVI 1909, p. 209. 



Snout with a sharp horizontal edge, 

 projecting; nostril inferior. Rostral 

 not quite half the width of the head, 

 not extending to the level of the eyes; 

 nasal incompletely divided, the cleft 

 proceeding from the first labial ; prae- 

 ocular present, about as broad as the 

 ocular, in contact with the second and 

 third labials; eyes very distinct; scales 

 between the eyes a little enlarged ; 

 four upper labials, increasing in size. 

 Body with 22 scales round the middle; 

 its diameter 56 times in the total 

 length; tail a little more long than 

 broad, ending in a spine. 



Greyish-green above; rostral brown, 

 bordered with light. Lower surface 



light olive-green. Total length 337 mm. (After WERNER; not 



seen by me). 



Habitat: Pulu Miang besar, east off Borneo. 



Fig. 2. Typhlops lorenzi 

 Werner. Head-shields. After 

 a drawing of Dr. Duncker. 



