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51. Typhlops bipartitus. 



Typhlops bipartitus, Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. 1879, p. 59. 



Snout rounded ; nostrils inferior. Rostral largo ; nasal semi- 

 divided ; prsDocular as broad as the ocular ; four upper labials. 22 

 scales round the body. Tail longer than broad. Yellowish green 

 above, light brown interiorly. 



Total length 250 millim. 



Tidore(?) Island, Northern New Guinea. 



52. Typhlops tenuicoUis. 



Onychocephalus (Oplithalmidit)n) tenuicollis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 



1864, p. 272, pi. — . fig. 2. 

 Tj^hlops tenuicollis, Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. hid. p. 123 (187G) ; 



Boulciuj. Faun. Ind, Rept. p. 241 (1890). 



Snout round and moderately projecting ; nostrils inferior. Rostral 

 broad, its upper portion more than half as broad as the head ; nasal 

 semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; a praeocular, 

 about as large as the ocular ; eyes not distinguishable ; pra;frontal 

 and frontal very broad, broader than the ocular and parietal ; four 

 upper labials. Diameter of body 65 times in the total length ; tail 

 as long as broad, terminal scute obtusely conical. 22 scales round 

 the body. Olive-brown above, yellowish inferiorly. 



Total length 365 miUim. 



Himalaya. 



53. Typhlops miicronatus. 



Tj-pblops (Ophthalmidion) mucronatus, Boettg. Zool. Anz. IBcSO, 

 "^p. 279, and Ahh. Setickenb. Ges. xii. 1881, p. 438, pi. i, fig. 1. 



Snout very prominent, depressed, rounded, with inferior nostrils. 

 Rostral half the width of the head ; nasal nearly completely divided, 

 the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; prasocular present, a 

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

 second and third labials ; eyes distinct ; upper head-scales enlarged ; 

 four upper labials. Diameter of body 42 to 55 times in the total 

 length ; tail as long as broad or a little longer, ending in a spine. 

 24 scales round the body. Grey-brown or olive, lighter inferiorly. 



Total length 330 mUHm. 



Nossi Be, Madagascar. 



a-b. Ad. &; hgi-. Nossi Be. Senckenbeiw Museimi [E.]. 



54. Tjrphlops elegans. 



Typhlops (Ophtlialmidion) elegans, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1868, 

 p. 450, pi. ii. fig. 1 ; Bocage, Jurn. Sc. Lisb. x. 1887, p. 199. 



Snout very prominent, rounded, with inferior nostrils. Rostral 

 large, about half as broad as the head, extending to the level of the 



