H 



region white. Total length 131 mm.; tail 4.5 mm. (After 

 BOttger ; not seen by me). 

 Habitat: West-Java. 



21. Typhlops inornatus Boulenger. 



Typhlops inornatus^ Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) I 1888, p. 344; Cat. Sn. I 



1893, P- 54- 



Snout rounded, depressed, projecting; nostril lateral. Rostral 

 nearly half the width of the head, not extending to the level 

 of the eyes; nostril between two nasals, the anterior in contact 

 with the first and second labials; praeocular present, larger 

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

 a single subocular; eyes distinct; head-scales a little enlarged; 

 four upper labials, third largest. Body with 20 scales round 

 the middle; its diameter 43 times in the total length; tail a 

 little more long than broad, ending in a spine. 



Black above; a little lighter below; mouth bordered with 

 yellow; anal region or end of tail yellow. Total length 170 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Sogere 1750 feet!, Albert Edward 

 Ranges 6000 feet!). 



2. Fam. BoiDAE. 



Body strong, covered with uniform scales above; ventral 

 scales transversely enlarged; eyes ex- 

 posed. Ectopterygoid present; ptery- 

 goids, palatines and maxillaries movable, 

 the former extending to the quadrate 

 or mandible; supratemporal present, 

 suspending quadrate; praefrontal in con- 

 tact with nasal. Jaws toothed; mandible 



Fig. 5. Python mohirus (L.) with coronoid; a mental groove. Small 

 Hind limbs. Nat. size. parts of pelvis and hind limbs, latter 



usually ending in a claw, visible on each side of the anal opening 



(fig- 5). 



Key to the I nd o-A us t r ali an subfamilies and genera. 



A. Supraorbital bone present Pythonhiae. 



I. Praemaxiliary toothed. 



a. Rostral and anterior upper labials without or with shallow 

 pits; tail not or slightly prehensile. 



