34 TYPHL0PIDJ2. 



tail a little broader than long. 18 scales round the body. Brown, 

 somewhat lighter inferiorly ; head and end of tail white. 



Total length 175 millim. 



North Celebes. 



44. Typhlops ligatus. 



Typhlops ligatus, Peters, Mon. Bed. Ac. 1879, p. 775, pi. — . fig. 3. 

 curtus, Douglas Ogilby, Rec. Austral. Mus. ii. 1892, p. 23. 



Snout moderately prominent, rounded ; nostrils inferior. Rostral 

 narrow, band-like, not one third the width of the head, extending 

 to the level of the eyes ; nasal completely (or nearly completely) 

 divided, the cleft extending from the first labial to the upper sur- 

 face of the head ; prseocular present, slightly narrower than the 

 nasal or the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; 

 eyes distinguishable ; praefrontal, supraoculars, and parietals consi- 

 derably enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 25 (to 32) 

 times in the total length ; tail once and a half as long as broad, 

 ending in a spine. 24 scales round the body. Brown above, yel- 

 lowish inferiorly. 



Total length 250 millim. 



Queensland. 



a. Ad. Rockhampton. 



45. Typhlops torresianus. (Plate II. fig. 4.) 



Typhlops torresianus, Boulenq Ami. ^- Mag. N. IT. (6) iv. 1889, 

 p. 362. 



Snout prominent, rounded ; nostrils inferior. Rostral about one 

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

 eyes ; the portion visible from below half as broad as long ; nasal 

 incompletely divided, the cleft extending from the second labial to 

 the upper surface of the snout ; pra^ocular present, narrower than 

 the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; 

 eyes distinguishable ; pra^frontal, supraoculars, and parietals en- 

 larged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 40 to 43 times in the 

 total length ; tail a little longer than broad, ending in a spine. 22 

 scales round the body. Dark olive or brown above, the scales edged 

 with lighter ; whitish inferiorly. 



Total length 400 millim. 



Murray Island, Torres Straits. 



a-b. Ad. & hgr. Murray Island. Rev. S. Macforlane [C.]. (Types.) 



46. Typhlops polygrammiciis. 



Typhlops polygrammicus, Schlcg. Abbild. p. 40, pi. xxxii. figs. 3;'5-38 

 (1844) ; Dtmi. ^- Bibr. vi. p. 302 (1844) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 13, 

 1. 3, pis. iv. & V. fig. 9 (1864); Peters, Mon. Berl Ac. 1865, p. 262. 



Anilios uigrescens, Ciray, Cat. Liz. p. 135 (1845). 



Argyrophis polygrammicus, Gray, I. c. p. l38. 



