30 TYPnLOPIDJi. 



34. TypMops kraalii. 



Typhlops ki-aalii, Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, vi. 1874, p. 347, pi. xii. 



Snout rounded, modcratelj^ projecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral 

 about one third the width of the head, not extendiug quite to the 

 level of the eyes ; nostril between two nasals, the anterior in con- 

 tact with the first and second labials-; pra^ocular present, as broad 

 as tiie ocular, in contact with the third labial only ; eyes distinct ; 

 upper head-scales feebly enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of 

 body 40 to 42 times in the total length ; tail as long as broad, 

 endiug in a spine. 24 to 20 scales round the body. Blackish 

 brown, lower surface of head and middle of belly yellowish. 



Total lengtli 170 millim. 



Kei Islands. 



a. Ad. ? Kei Islands. Capt. Langeu [P.]. 



35. Typhlops platycephalus. 



Typhlops platycephalus, Du7n, ^ £ibr. vi. p. 293 (1844) ; Jem, Icon. 



Gen. p. 18, 1. 3, pis. iv. &. v. fig. 8 (1804) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. 



Soc. 1891, p. 352. 

 Oplithalmidion fiiscum, A. Dum. Cat. Meth. liept, p. 203 (1851). 

 Typhlops f uscus, Jim, op. cit. p. 22, 1. 5, pis. v. &, vi. fig. 4. 



(Snout rounded, rather depressed, strongly projecting ; nostrils 

 lateral. Eostral about one third the width of the head, extending 

 to the level of the eyes ; nostril between two nasals, the anterior of 

 which is in contact with the first and second labials ; prseocular 

 present, a little narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact 

 with the third labial only ; eyes distinct ; upper head-scales not or 

 scarcely enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 40 to 50 

 times in the total length ; tail as long as broad or a little longer 

 than broad, ending in a spine. 24 scales round the body. Blackish 

 brown above and below, uniform, or with a few of the scales of the 

 middle ventral row white ; lower surface of snout and anal region 

 usually white. 



Total length 300 millim. 



Dominica and Martinique. 



