50 TYPHLOPIDiE. 



sharp horizontal edge, its upper portion about two fifths the width 

 of the head, longer than broad and not extending to the level of 

 the eyes ; lower portion of rostral subtriangular, gradually nar- 

 rowing towards the mouth ; nasal completely divided, the cleft 

 proceeding from the second labial ; prseocular present, a little 

 smaller than the ocular, in contact with the second and third 

 labials ; eyes distinct ; scales on vertex scarcely enlarged ; four 

 upper labials. Diameter of body 52 to 6S times in the total length ; 

 tail slightly longer than broad, ending in a spine. 20 scales round 

 the body. Flesh-colour. 



Total length 205 millim. 



Madagascar. 



a. Ad. Madagascar. 



81. Typhlops inultilineatus. 



Typhlops multilineatus, Schle.f/. Ahhild. p. 40, pi. xxxii. figs. 39-42 

 (1844) ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1860, p. 77 ; Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 30, 

 1. 4, pis. iv. & V. fig. 4 (1864). 



Onychocephalus multilineatus, Dum. 4" Bibr. vi. p. 276 (1844). 



Snout very prominent, with sharp cutting edge and inferior 

 nostrils. Rostral very large, extending to between the eyes, the 

 portion visible from below as broad as long ; nasal nearly com- 

 pletely divided, the cleft proceeding from the first labial ; prae- 

 ocular present, nearly as broad as the ocular, in contact with the 

 second and third labials ; eyes distinct ; prajfrontal, supraoculars, 

 and parietals much broader than the scales on the body ; four upper 

 labials. Diameter of body 50 to 60 times in the total length ; tail 

 nearly twice as long as broad, ending in a spine. 20 scales round 

 the body. Greyish, with dark brown longitudinal lines corre- 

 sponding with the series of scales. 



Total length 370 millim. 



New Guinea and neighbouring Islands. 



a. Ad. Kei Islands. Capt. Langen [P.]. 



82. Typhlops olivaceus, 



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

 Onyclioceplialus olivaceus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1861, p. 684. 

 Typhlops (Onychocephalus) angusticeps, Pefers, Mo7i. Berl. Ac. 1877, 

 p. 417, pi. — . fig. 3. 



Snout very prominent, with a narrow, subcrescentic sharp trans- 

 verse edge and inferior nostrils. Rostral large, its upper part 

 longer than broad and about three fifths the width of the head, not 

 extending to the level of the eyes, its lower part as broad as long ; 

 nasal nearly completely divided, the cleft proceeding from the first 

 labial; prseocular present, nearly as broad as the nasal or the 

 ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; eyes distinct ; 



