3. TYPHLOl'S. 



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a. Ad. Delagoa Bay. S, African Museum. 



b-c. Ad. & hgr. I.ado. Dr. Emin Pasha [C.]. 



69. Typhlops delalandii. 



Typhlops lalandii, Schlct/. AhhiUl. p. .'38, pi. xxxii. figs. 17-20 (1844); 



Jan, Icon. Gen. p. L>8" 1. 4, pi. iv. fig. 1 (1864). 

 Ouychoceplialus delalaudii, Dum. S,- Bibr. vi. p. 273 (1844) ; Smith, 



III. Zool. S. Afr., Bept. pi. li. fig. 1 & pi. liv. figs. 1-4 (1845) ; 



Peters, Mon. Bed. Ac. 180,5, p. 202. 

 Onychophis franldinii, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 132 (1845). 



lalandii, Gray, I. c. 



? Onychophis fordii, Gray, I. c, p. 134. 



Typhlops smithii, Ja7i, op. cit. p. 27, 1. 1, pis. v. & vi. fig. 5 (1860). 



Snout very prominont, witli sharp cutting odge and inferior 

 nostrils. Rostral very large, extending to the level of the eyes, the 

 portion visible from below broader than long ; nasal semidivided, 

 the suture proceeding from the first labial ; prseocular present, 

 narrower than the nasal, about half as broad as the ocidar, in 

 contact with the second, or second and third lai)ials ; eyes distinct ; 

 pnefrontal, supraoculars, and parictals usually subequal in size and 

 larger tlian the scales of the body ; four upper labials. Diameter 

 of body ;}5 to .50 times in the total length ; tail as long as broad, or 

 broader than long, ending in a spine. 28 to 30 scales round the 

 middle of the body, 30 anteriorly. Pale brown above, each scale 

 with a darker central spot, yellowish interiorly. 



Total length 320 miUim. 



South Africa. 



Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



Cape of Good Hope. 

 & yg. Port Elizabeth. H. A. Spencer, Esq. [P.]. 



Kan'oo. Trustees of the S. African 



Museum [P.J. 

 Orange River. Dr. Kannemeyer [P.]. 

 ? Lord Derby [P.]. _ (Type 



of 0.frankU)iii.) 



70. Tjrphlops dinga. 



Onychocephalus dinga, Peters, Mm. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 620. 



schlegelii, part., Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1860, p. 82. 



Typhlops dinga, Peters, Reise n. Mossamh. iii. p. 98, pi. xiv. fig. 1 

 & pi. xiv. A. fig. 3 (1882). 



Snont very prominent, with sharp cutting edge and inferior 

 nostrils. Rostral very lai'ge, extending to the level of the eyes, 

 the portion visible from below broader than long ; nasal semi- 

 divided, the suture proceeding from the first labial ; pnoncular 

 present, a little narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact 

 with the second and third labials ; eyes distinct: praet'ront-al and 

 supraoculars considerably larger than the scales on the body ; four 

 upper labials. Diameter of body 42 to 46 times in the total 



