TSrPHLOriD^E. 



The lettering of the boaes is the same in aU the tigures of skulls 

 in this work, and reads as follows : — 



an. Angular. 



ar. Articular. 



ho. Basioccipital. 



hs. Basisphenoid. 



cor. Coronoid. 



c.a. Columella auria; 



d. Dentary, 



eo. Exoccipital. 



cpg. Ectopterygoid. 



/. Frontal. 



m. Maxillary. 



n. Nasal. 



p. Parietal. 



pi. Palatine. 

 ptn. Praemaxillary. 

 prf. Prsefrontal. 

 pro. Prootic. 



py. Pterygoid. 



ptf. Postfroutal. 



q. Quadrate. 



so. Supraoecipital. 

 SOT. Supraorbital. 



sp. Splenial. 



ste. Supratemporal. 



tu. Turbinal. 

 V. Vomer. 



Fam. 1. TYPHLOPIDJE. 



Auguiformes, part., Oppel, Ordn. Rept. p. 49, 1811. 



Imbricatae, part., Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 510. 



Angiostomata Typhlopina, J. Miiller, Zeitschr. f. Physiol, iv. p. 269, 



1831. 

 Scolecophides Typhlopiens, DumAril 8f Bibron, Erp. Gen. vi. p. 256, 



1844. 

 Typhlopsidoe, part., Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 130, 1845. 

 Opot6rodontes Epanodontieus, Dumeril, Mem, Ac. Sc. xxiii. p. 422, 



1853. 

 Typhlopidte, part., Jan, Elenco sist. Oftd. p. 9, 1863. 

 Scolecophidia, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1864, p. 230. 

 T^-phlopidaj, Gunther, Rcpt. Brit. Ind. p. 170, 1864. 

 Typhlopes, Peters, Sifz. Ges. natuif. Fr. 1881, p. 68, and lieise n. 



Mossamb. iii. p. 90, 1886. 

 Typhlopidae, Cope, Proc. Ainer. Philos. Soc. xxiii. p. 481, 1886. 

 Typhlopidae, Boulenyer, Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 234, 1890. 



Cranial bones solidly united : no ectopterygoid ; pterygoid not 

 extending to quadrate or mandible ; no supratemporal ; pra^froutal 

 forming a suture with nasal ; maxillary loosely attached, with a 

 few teeth disposed transversely to the axis of the skull ; no teeth on 

 palate. Mandible edentulous ; coronoid bone present. Vestiges 

 of pelvis, reduced to a single bone on each side. ISody covered with 

 uniform cycloid scales ; eyes under the shields. 



South Europe ; South Asia ; Africa ; Australia ; Tropical 

 America. 



Synojjsis of the Genera. 



1. Head with large shields. 



A pair of large proefrontals and a frontal ; nostril between two 

 small nasals ... 1. Helminthophis, p. 4. 



b2 



