C. Praeocular present; one or two suboculars. 

 I. Praeocular not in contact with the labials; 

 1 8 scales round the body, 



a. A single subocular 19. T. ater p. 13. 



b. Two suboculars 20. T. bisuhociilaris p. 13. 



II. Praeocular in contact with the second, third 



and fourth labials; a single subocular; 20 



scales round the body 2\. T. inornatus p. 14. 



I. Typhlops lineatus Boie. 



Typhlops lineatus^ Boie, Isis 1827, p. 563. 



Typhlops lineatus^ Boulenger, Cat. Snakes I 1893, p. 15. 



Snout rounded, strongly projecting; nostrils inferior. Rostral 

 very large; nasal incompletely divided, the cleft proceeding 

 from the first labial ; a single large ocular on each side behind 

 the nasal; eyes not distinct; praefrontal, supraoculars and 

 parietals enlarged, transverse ; four upper labials. Body with 

 22 scales round the middle; its diameter 40 to 60 times in 

 the total length; tail about as long as broad, ending in a spine. 



Blackish above, each scale spotted with yellow, or yellow 

 or pale brown with dark brown longitudinal lines between 

 the series of scales; head and lower surface yellowish. Total 

 length 485 mm. 



Habitat: Nias ! ; Sumatra (Atjeh, Labuan, Tandjong, Lang- 

 kat. Deli!, Battak Highlands 800 — 1000 M., Indragiri) ; Borneo 

 (Singkawang, Kuching); Java (Gadok, Buitenzorg!, Salak, Pre- 

 anger, Sinagar!, Tjibodas 1425 M., Wonosobo, Ambarawa, 

 Salatiga!). — Malay Peninsula; Singapore; Penang; Siam. 



var. sumatrana Werner. 



Typhlops lineatus var. sniiiatra/ia^ Werner, Verh. Ges. Wien XL VI 1896, p. 13. 



Mouth-opening U-shaped, with parallel borders; 24 scales 

 round the body. Pale yellowish with indistinct longitudinal 

 lines. Total length 320 mm.; tail 7 mm. (After WERNER; not 

 seen by me). 



Habitat: Sumatra; Java (Buitenzorg). 



2. Typhlops kraali Doria. 



Typhlops kraalii^ Doria, Ann. Mus. Civ. GenovaVI 1874, p. 347, pi. XII, fig. f. 

 Typhlops kraalii^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. I 1893, p. 30. 



