2. TYPHLOPS. 43 



A. 30 scales round the middle of the body, 30 or 32 anteriorly. 



a. Dark brown above, each scale with a small yellowish spot ; 

 each ventral scale yellowish in the centre and brown on the 

 borders. (T. punctatus, eschriclitii.) 



a. TIgi'. Fantee. T. E. Bo\Yditch, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of T. punctatun.) 

 h. Ilgr. Gambia. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



c, d-e. Ad. & yg. Monbuttu. Dr. Emin Pasha I P.^ 



/. Ilgr. Lado. Ur. Emin Pasha [C." 



h. Like the preceding but with scattered irregular yellow blotches 

 above and below. 



g. Yg. Monbuttu. Dr. Emin Pasha [P.]. 



c. Like a, but ventral scales uniform yellowish. 

 h, i. Ad. W. Africa. 



B. 24 to 28 scales round the middle of the body, 26 to 30 ante- 



riorly. 



a. Dark brown above, each scale with a small yellowish spot ; 

 each ventral scale yellowish in the centre and brown on the 

 borders. {T. lineolatus.) 



k. Ad. Angola. 



I. Ilgr. Monbuttu. Dr. Emin Pasha [P.j. 



h. Like a, but ventral scales uniform yellowish. {T. inter- 

 medius, angolensis.) 



m. Yg. Gambia. Sir.A. Moloney [P.]. 



n. Ad. Cameroons. 



0. Ilgr. Oil River. H.H.Johnston, Esq. [P.]. 



c. The yellow spots on the upper surfaces confluent into longi- 



tudinal lines separated by black streaks ; lower parts 

 uniform yellowish. (2\ nujrolineatus, Jcraussi.) 



p. Ad. Old Calabar. 



q. Hgr. Accra, Gold Coast. F. Tyrrell, Esq. [P.]. 



r. Yg. ? 



d. Black above, each scale paler, brownish, in the middle ; lower 



parts uniform yellowish. 



s. Ad. Old Calabar. 

 t. Ad. -^ 



e. Like c?, with irregular yellow spots or large blotches above, or 



yellow with irregular black blotches above. (T. conr/estua, 

 barroivii, liheriensis.) 



u. Ad. Fernando Po. H. Veitch, Esq. [P.]. 



V. Hgr. Ashautee. 



10. Ilgr. Siena Leone. H. C. Hart, Esq. [P.]. 



.r, y. Ad. & hgr. W. Africa. 



s. Hgr. ? Sir J. Barrow [P.]. 



(Type of O. banotoii.) 



