42 TYPTTLOPID.E. 



labial ; praeocular present, nearly as large as the ocular, in contact 

 with the second and third labials ; four upper labials. Diameter of 

 body 53 times in the total length ; tail broader than long. 24 scales 

 round the body. Yellow, with indistinct darker longitudinal lines. 



Total length 370 millim. 



Mungo, West Africa. 



66. TypMops punctatus. 



Acontias punctatus, Leach, m Boioditch, Miss. Ashantee, p. 493 



(1819). 

 Typhlops eschrichtii, Schley. Abhild. p. 37, pi. xxxii. figs. 13, 16 



(1844) ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1860, p. 83 ; Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 26, 



1. 1, pis. V. & vi. fig. 4 (1861) ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1865, 



p. 262. 

 Ophthalmidion eschrichtii, Dum. 8f Bibr. vi. p. 265 (1844). 

 Onycbocephalus congestus, Dum. 8f Bibr. t. c. p. 334 ; Peters, I. c. 

 Onychophis barrowii, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 133 (1845). 



punctata, Gray, I. c. 



Onychocephalus liberiensis, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1848, p. 59 ; 



A. Dum. Arch. Mns. x. p. 186(1860) ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1860, 



p. 82. 



nigro4ineatus. Hallow. I. c. p. 60. 



Typhlops hberiensis, Jan, op. cit. p. 24, 1. 5, pis. v. & vi. fig. 1 



(1864). 



liberiensis, var. intermedia, Jan, op. cit. 1. 5, pis. v. & vi. 



fig. 2. 



kraussii, Jan, op. cit. p. 26, 1. 3, pi. vi. fig. 2 (1864). 



liueolatus, Jan, op. cit. p. 24, 1. 9, pi. i. fig. 4 (1864). 



Onychocephalus angolensis, Bocaye, Jorn. Sc. List. i. 1866, pp. 46 



& 65. 



kraussi, Reichen. Arch. f. Nat. 1874, p. 291. 



Typhlops (Ophthalmidion) eschrichtii, var. intermedia et lineolata, 



Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1877, p. 614. 

 Aspidorhynchus eschrichtii, Pe^e/'s, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Freunde, 1881, 



p. 70. 

 Tj'phlops (Ophthalmidion) kraussii, Bocaye, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. xi. 1887, 



p. 180. 



(Aspidorhynchus) eschrichti, Boetty. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1888, 



p. 42. 



Snout very prominent, rounded, with an obtuse horizontal keel 

 and inferior nostrils. Rostral very large, extending to the level of 

 the eyes, which are distinguishable ; nasal semidivided, the suture 

 extending from the first labial to the nostril ; praeocular present, 

 narrower than the nasal, not more than half as broad as the ocular, 

 in contact with the second and third labials ; four upper labials. 

 Diameter of body 21 to 32 times in the total length ; tail broader 

 than long, ending in a spine. 24 to 30 scales round the middle 

 of the body, 26 to 32 anteriorly. Coloration very variable. 



Total length 630 miUim. 



West and Central Africa. 



