2. TYPHLOPS. 15 



1. Typhlops lineatus. 



Typlilops lineatus, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 663; Schleg. Abbild. p. 39, 



pi. xxxii. figs. 32-34 (1844) ; Jan, Icon. Gin. p. 7, 1. 1, pis. v. & 



vi. fig. 9 (1860). 

 Pilidion lineatum, Dum. ^- Bibr. vi. p. 259 (1844) ; Cantor^ Cat. Mai. 



Eept. p. m (1847). 

 Typhlinalis lineatum, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 134 (1845), 

 Typhlina lineata, Giinth. JRept. Brit. Ind. p. 171, pi. xvi. fig. B 



(1864). 



iSuout rounded, strongly projecting, tiafc inferiorly ; nostrils 

 inferior. Eostral very large ; nasal semidivided, the cleft pro- 

 ceeding from the first labial ; a single large shield (the ocular) on 

 each side behind the nasal ; eyes hidden ; pnefrontal, supraoculars, 

 and parietals large, transverse; four upper labials. Diameter of 

 body 40 to GO times in the total length ; tail about as long as 

 broad, ending in a spine. 22 scales round the body. Blackish 

 above, each scale with a yellowish spot, or yellowish or pale 

 brownish with dark brown longitudinal lines running between the 

 series of scales ; head and lower parts yellowish white. 



Total length 480 millim. 



Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



a. Ad. Singapore. General Hardwicke [P.], 



b. Ad. Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 



c-d. Ad. Malacca. D. F. A. Hervey, Esq. [P.]. 



e-h. Ad. & bgr. Salak, Java. K. Ivirkpatrick, Esq. [P.]. 



i, k, I. Ad. & ligr. Java. 



m-n. Ad. E. Indies. 



0. Hgr, Hong Kong (?). C. Bowring, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Typhlops unilineatus. 



Onychocepbalus unilineatus, Dum. i^- Bibr, vi. p. 278 (1844). 

 Typhlops unilineatus, Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 29, 1. 4, pis. iv. & v. tig. 2 

 (1864). 



Snout strongly projecting, mth angular horizontal edge ; nostrils 

 inferior, liostral about half the width of the head ; nasal semi- 

 divided ; a single large shield (the ocular) on each side behind the 

 nasal ; eyes distinguishable ; upper head-scales scarcely enlarged. 

 Diameter of body about 50 times in the total length. 26 or 28 

 scales round the body. Olive-brown above, with a black vertebral 

 streak. 



Total length 310 millim. 



Cayenne. 



3. TypMops melanocephalus. 



Cathetorhinus melanocephalus, Dion. ^- Bibr. vi. p. 270 (1844) ; 



Peters, Mon. Berl. Aq^ 1865, p. 263, pi. — . fig. 6. 

 Typhlops melauocephaltis, Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 8, 1. 1, pis. v. & vi. 



tig. 8 (1860). 



