2. TTPHLors, 33 



much narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the 

 second and third labials ; eyes distinguishable ; praijfrontal large, 

 supraoculars and parietals very broad ; four upper labials. Dia- 

 meter of body 42 to 45 times in the total length ; tail nearly twice 

 as long as broad. 22 scales round the body. Uniform brownish 

 yellow. 



Total length 170 millim. 



Interior of South Africa. 



«. Ad. S.Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. (Type.) 



41. Typhlops depressus. 

 Typhlops depressus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1880, p. 220. 



Head much depressed, broader than the neck ; snout rounded ; 

 nostrils inferior. Rostral narrow ; nasal incompletely divided, the 

 cleft proceeding from the second labial ; prfcocular narrower than 

 the ocuhir, in contact with the second and tliird labials ; eyes 

 distinct : four upper labials. Diameter of body 58 times in tlie 

 total length ; tail longer tliaii broad, pointed. 22 scales round the 

 body. Dark brown above, yellowish inferiorlj'. 



Total length 235 millim. 



Duke of York Island. 



42. Typhlops longissimus. 



Ophtbalniidion longissimum, Dum. ^- Bibr. vi. p. 26-3 (1844). 

 Tj'pblops longissimus, Jaii, Icon. Gen. p. 21, 1. 5, pis. v. iS: vi. fig. <^) 



(1864); Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Me.v., Rept. p. 500, pi. xxix. tig. 11 



(1882). 



Snout rounded ; nostrils inferior. Rostral nearly half the width 

 of the head ; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the 

 second labial ; pra^ocular present, much larger than the ocular, in 

 contact with the second and third labials : eyes invisible ; ]ira3- 

 froutal and supraoculars much enlarged ; four upper labials. Dia- 

 meter of body about 50 times in the total length : tail once and a 

 half as long as broad, ending in a spine. 22 scales round the body. 

 Uniform grey, end of snout yellowish. 



Total length 350 millim. 



Hah. ? 



43. Typhlops conradi. 



Tj'plilops conradi, Peters, Man. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 162, pi. — . fig. 1. 



Snout rounded ; nostrils inferior. Rostral two fifths the width 

 of the head, extending nearly to the level of the eyes ; nasal semi- 

 divided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; proeocular 

 present, much larger than the ocular, in contact with the second and 

 third labials; eyes distinguishable; upper head-scales enlarged; 

 four upper labials. Diameter of body 58 times in the total length ; 



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