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Although examples showing the extreme degree of acuteness 

 or roundness of the snout may be recognised, the collection ex- 

 hibits so many intermediate grades that at present I feel in- 

 clined to regard the condition as of varietal rather than specific 

 import. Should this view be ultimately maintained, the species 

 will be known as Typhlops australis, Gray. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE III. 



1. Typhlops pinguis, sp nov. Nat. size. 



2. Typhlops pinguis, head from above. Twice nat. size. 



3. Typhlops pinguis, head from below. Twice nat. size. 



4. Typhlops pinguis, head in profile. Twice nat. size. 



