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present, narrower than the ocular, in contact with the second 

 and third labials; eyes distinguishable; praefrontal, supraoculars 

 and parietals enlarged ; four upper labials. Body with 22 scales 

 round the middle; its diameter 42 times in the total length; 

 tail twice as long as broad, ending in a spine. 



Olive-grey above; whitish below. Total length 255 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: Florcs!. 



15. Typhlops leucoproctus Boulengcr. 



Typhlops leucoproctus^ Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) IV 1889, p. 361; Cat. 

 Sn. I 1893, p. 20. 



Snout rounded, projecting; nostril lateral. Rostral about one 

 third the width of the head, extending to the level of the 

 eyes; nasal incompletely divided, the cleft proceeding from the 

 second labial; praeocular present, a little narrower than the 

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

 distinguishable; head-scales a little enlarged ; four upper labials. 

 Body with 20 scales round the middle; its diameter 40 to 65 

 times in the total length; tail one time and a half to two 

 times as long as broad, ending in a spine. 



Dark brown above, the scales with a light anterior margin 

 in the anterior part of the body; lighter below; labials and 

 anal region yellowish. Total length 220 mm. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Fly River!). — Queensland; Mur- 

 ray Island. 



16. Typhlops flaviventer Peters. 



Typhlops fiaviventer^ Peters, Mod. Berl. Ac. 1864, p. 271. 



Typhlops flaviventer^ Peters & Doria, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova XIII 1878, p. 384. 



Typhlops flaviventer^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. I 1893, ?• ^S* 



Snout rounded, strongly projecting; nostril lateral. Rostral 

 narrow, its upper part one third the width of the head, 

 extending nearly to the level of the eyes ; nasal incompletely 

 divided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; praeocular 

 present, nearly as large as the ocular; eyes distinct; head- 

 scales a little enlarged ; four upper labials. Body with 22 scales 

 round the middle; its diameter 50 to 60 times in the total 

 length; tail two times as long as broad, ending in a spine. 



Blackish-brown above; yellowish below. Total length 300 mm. 



