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13. Typhlops comorensis. (Plate II. fig. 1.) 



T^'phlops coiuoreusis, Buulcmj. Aim. ^- May. N. II. (0) iv. 1889, 

 p. 361. 



Snout depressed, rounded, strongly projecting ; nostrils lateral. 

 Rostral two fifths the width of tlie head, extending to the level o 

 the eyes ; nasal scmidivided, the cleft proceeding from the second 

 labial ; pncocular present, as broad as the ocular, in contact with 

 the second and third labials ; eyes distinct ; upper head-scales 

 feebly enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 54 times in 

 the total length ; tail once and a half as long as broad. 2U scales 

 round the body. Dark brown ; labial and anal regions yellowish. 



Total lengtli 245 millim. 



Comoro Islands. 



a. Comoro Islands. Sir J. Kirk [C.]. (Type.) 



14. Typhlops socotranus. (Plate II. fig. 2.) 



Typhlops socotranus, liouhny. Ann. c^ Macj. N. H. (6) iv. 1889, 

 p. 362. 



Snout rounded, very prominent ; nostrils lateral. Rostral about 

 one third the width of the head, not extending to the level of the 

 eyes ; nasal iucomplctely divided, the cleft proceeding from the 

 second labial ; pneocular present, broader than the nasal or the 

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

 upper head-scales slightl}' enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter 

 of body '61 to 50 times in the total length ; tail as long as broad, 

 ending in a spine. 24 scales round the body. Whitish, with pale 

 brown lines running between the dorsal series of scales. 



Total length 2U0 millim. 



Socotra. 



a-b. Ad. Socotra. Prof. I. B. Balfour [C.]. (Types.) 



15. Typhlops vermicular is. 



Angiiis lumbricalis (non Linn.), Baud. Rcpt. vii. p. 308 (1803). 

 Typhlops vermicularis, Men-. Tent. p. 158 (1820) ; Berth. Abh. Ges. 



Wiss. Gotting. i. 1843, p. 52, pi. i. figs. 1-3 ; Dum. 8f Bibr. vi. 



p. 303 (1844) ; Jan, Icm. Gen. p. 18, 1. 3, pis. iv. & v. Hg. 3 



(1864) ; Strauch, Schl. Buss. B. p. 26(1873) ; Boetfff. ZooL Jahrb. 



iii. 1888, p. 920. 

 liavescens, Bibr. S,- Bon/, E.ip6d. MorSe, Zool. p. 72, pi. xiii. 



fig. 3 (1833); Schle;/. Abbtld. p. 37 (1844). 

 Argyrophis vermicularis, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 137 (1845). 

 Typhlops .syriacus, Ja)i, op. cit. p. 15, 1. 3, pis. iv. & v. fig. 5 ; Lortet, 



Arch. Mas. Lyon, iii. 1883, p. 183, pi. xix. tig. 1. 

 persicus, Blanf. Ann. Sf- May. N. H. (4) xiv. 1874, p. 34, and 



Zool. E. Berg. p. 399, pi. xxvii. tig. 5 (1876). 

 lumbricalis, Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 315 (1875). 



