2. TYPHLOPS. 27 



once and a half as long as broad, ending in a spine. 24 scales round 

 the body. Brown above, yellow iuferiorly. 



Total length 123 millini. 



Pelew Islands. 



27. Typhlops aluensis. 



Tvphlops aluensis, Bonlemj. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 3.30, pi. xxviii. 

 'lio-. 2. 



Snout depressed, rounded, strongly projecting ; nostrils lateral. 

 Nostril between two nasals, the anterior in contact with the first 

 and second labials ; rostral about two fifths the width of the head, 

 not extending quite to the level of the eyes ; pra^ocular present, as 

 broad as the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; 

 eyes distinct ; upper head-scales scarcely enlarged ; four upper 

 labials. Diameter of body 60 times in the total length ; tail twice 

 and one third as long as broad, ending in a spine. 22 scales round 

 the body. Brown above, yellowish inferiorly. 



Total length 2-45 millira. 



Solomon Islands. 



a. Ad. ? Alu, Shortlaud Islands. C. M. Woodford, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type.) 



28. Typhlops schneideri. 

 Typhlops schneideri, Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 20, 1. 9, pi. i. fig. 3 (1864). 



Snout round, moderately projecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral 

 about one third the width of the head; nasal semidivided, the cleft 

 proceeding from the second labial; pra^ocular present, nearly as 

 large as the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; 

 eyes hidden ; upper head-scales strongly enlarged ; four upper 

 labials. Diameter of body 26 times in the total length ; tail broader 

 than long, ending in a spine. 26 scales round the body. Olive 

 above, yellowish inferiorlj-. 



Total length 230 millim. 



Bangkok, Siam. 



29. Typhlops reticulatus. 



Anguis reticulata, Linn. S. X. i. p. 391 (1760); Schneid. Hist. 



Amph. ii. p. 325 (1801) ; Daud. licpt. vii. p. 324 (1802). 



rostralis, Wei(/el, Svhrift. Bvrl. naturf. Ges. iii. 1782, p. 190. 



Typhlops crococatus, Schneid. I. c. p. 340. 

 Anguis nasutus, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 1120 (^1788). 



TDstratus, Dnud. I. c. ]). 316. 



Typlilops lumbricalis, Sc/tlcf/. Abbild. p. 35, pi. xxxii. figs. 1-4 



(1844). 

 reticulatus, Dum. ^- Ihbr. vi. p. 282, pi. ix. (1844) : Jan, 



