2. TTPHLOPS. 35 



Typlilops nigrescens, Jan, op. cit. p. 13, 1. 9, pi. i. fig. 1 ; McCoy, 



Prodr. Zool. Vict. pi. ciii. (188o). 

 riippelli, Jan, 02). cit. p. 14, 1. 9, pi. i. fig. 2. 



Snout prominent, rounded ; nostrils inferior. Rostral about half 

 the width of the head, extending to the level of the eyes ; the 

 portion visible from below longer tlian broad ; nasal incompletely 

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

 surface of the snout ; prteocular present, narrower than the nasal 

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

 distinguishable ; praifrontal, supraoculars, and parietals considerably 

 enlarged ; four up])er labials. Diameter of body 31 to 50 times in 

 the total length ; tail once and one fourth to twice as long as broad, 

 ending in a spine. 22 scales round the body. Brown or dark olive 

 above, the scales edged with lighter ; white inferiorly. 



Total length 435 millim. 



Timor ; North and East Australia. 



II.M.S. ' Challenger.' 

 Col. Bt'ddorae [C.]. 

 G. Krelit, Esq. [C.]. 



A. G. Butler, Esq. [P.]. 



G. Newport, Esq. [P.]. I Types of 



Lord Derby [P.J. j A. nigrescens. 



47. Typlilops reginae. (Plate III. fig. 1.) 

 Typhlops reginae, Bouleng. Ann. 8)- Mag. N. H. (6) iv. 1889, p. 362. 



Snout prominent, rounded ; nostrils inferior. Rostral nearly 

 half the width of the head, not extending to the level of the eyes ; 

 the portion visible from below longer than broad ; nasal incompletely 

 divided, the cleft extending from the first labial to the upper surface 

 of the snout ; prteocular present, nearly as broad as the nasal or the 

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

 guishable ; praefrontal, supraoculars, and parietals much enlarged ; 

 four upper labials. Diameter of body 37 to 50 times in the total 

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

 round the body. Greyish olive above, whitish inferiorly. 



Total length 410 milHm. 



Queensland. 



a-c. Ad. & hgr. Queensland. Col. Beddome [C.]. (Types.) 



48. Typhlops australis. 



Anilios australis, Graij, Cat. Liz. p. 135 (184o). 



Typhlops preisji, Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 15, 1. 1, pi. v. fig. 2 (1800). 



australis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. I8O0, p. 263, pi. — . fig. 3, 



Snout very prominent, rounded ; nostrils inferior. Rostra 1 argo, 

 about three fifths the width of the head, the upper part as long as 

 broad, not extending to the level of the eyes ; nasal semidivided, 



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