134 REPTILES. 



a. In spirits. Blackish grey, rather paler beneath; scales nearly 

 uniformly coloured. Indian Ocean. Presented by Capt. Sir 

 Edward Belcher, C.B., R.N. 



6, c. Adult and half grown, in spirits. Olive above, upper lip and 

 beneath yellowish, dorsal scales yellow-edged in front. Phi- 

 lippines. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



The Cape Clawed Snake. Onychophis Fordii. 



Pale brown, with triangular white tips to the scales ; beneath 

 white ; rostral rather produced with a sharp horny margin ; tail 

 subcylindrical, elongate, nearly three times as long as broad, apex 

 incmTcd. 



Inhab. Cape of Good Hope, Dr. Ford. Mus. Fort Pitt, 

 Chatham. 



Typhlops mullicarinatus, Schlegel, Abbild. 40, t. 32, f. 39, 42, 

 silver grey, white streaked, from New Guinea, appears to belong 

 to this division of this genus. 



B. Head regularly rounded in fronts with a central^ oblong, erect 

 rostral. The nasal, frontonasal and eye-shields moderate. The 

 croivn of the head covered with three series of 6-sided shields. 

 Aniliina. 



3. Typhltnalis. Typhlina, Wagler, (not Typhline, Weigm.) 



Rostral oblong, broad, convex, rather swollen. Nostril infe- 

 rior, in one shield, with a slit to the lower edge of the nasal. Na- 

 sal rather large, convex, supranasal none. Eyes none. Temple 

 shields elongate. Crown with 3 series of broad 6-sided shields. 

 The body thinner in front, rather enlarged and thicker behind. 

 Tail very short, suddenly attenuated, apex acute. 



The TvPHiNALE. Typhlinalis lineatum. T. lineatum, Boie, 

 Isis, 1827, 563. Schlegel, Abbild. t. 32, /. 32, 34 ? (not good ?) 

 Wagler, Sr/st. 196 ? Typhlops septemstriatus, Schn. Amph. ii. 

 341 ? Har'dw. Icon. ined. B. M. Rept. ^ 118. 



Pale brown, with 8 regular brown streaks above, with 2 series 

 of small brown spots on each side, the lines and spots are in the 

 suture between the longitudinal series of scales ; tail shorter than 

 broad, apex acute. 



a. In spirits, rather discoloured. India. Presented by Gen. Th. 



Hardwicke. 



b. Rather younger, in spirits. India. 



