4- Typhlops erycinus Werner. 



Typhlops erycinus^ Werner, Verh. Ges. Wien LI 1901, p. 611. 



Snout rounded, strongly projecting; nostrils inferior. Rostral 

 hardly one third the width of the head, not extending to the 

 level of the eyes; nasal completely divided, nasal cleft pro- 

 ceeding from the first upper labial and extending on the upper 

 surface of the head ; praeocular present, a little larger than 

 the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials; eyes 

 distinct; praefrontal, supraoculars and parietals enlarged, latter 

 shields separated in the middle by a scale ; four upper labials, 

 increasing in size posteriorly. Body with 20 scales round the 

 middle; its diameter 44 times in the total length; tail a little 

 more long than broad, ending in a spine. 



Greyish-brown above, base of scales dark brown; snout 

 yellow. Lower surface yellow. Total length 350 mm. ; tail 10 mm. 

 (After Werner; not seen by me). 



Habitat: German New Guinea. 



5. Typhlops polygrammicus Schlegel. 



Typhlops polygrammicus^ Schlegel, Abbild. 1844, p. 40, pi. XXXII, fig. 35 — 38. 

 Typhlops polygrammicus^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. I 1893, p. 34 (s. syn.). 



Snout rounded, projecting; nostrils inferior. Rostral about 

 half the width of the head, extending to the level of the eyes, 

 the inferior portion more long than broad ; nasal incompletely 

 divided, the cleft proceeding from the first labial to the upper 

 surface of the head; praeocular present, narrower than the 

 ocular, in contact with the second and third labials; eyes 

 distinct; praefrontal, supraoculars and parietals much enlarged ; 

 four upper labials. Body with 22 scales round the middle ; its 

 diameter 31 to 50 times in the total length; tail one time 

 and one fourth to two times as long as broad, ending in a spine. 



Brown or olive above, the scales edged with light. Lower 

 surface whitish, each scale with a brownish spot. Total length 

 717 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the Leiden Museum. 



Habitat: Java (Batavia) ; Timor!; New Guinea'). — N. and 

 E. Australia. 



i) See Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. XVI 1858/59, p. 420. 



