3. TTPHLOSAURUS. 433 



these are : — a frontal, nearly thrice as l)roacl as long, and forming a 

 broad suture with the rostral ; an interparietal, a little narrower 

 than and twice as long as the frontal ; a pair of parietals, forming 

 a short suture behind tlie interparietal. Eye scarcely distinguishable 

 under a very small ocular, which is above the second labial ; ono 

 shield (loreal) between the frontal and the tirst labial, and three 

 (pnc- and supraoculars) between the latter shield and tlie inter- 

 parietal ; mental large, cordiform. JScales hexagonal, broader than 

 long, the two median series broadest ; 14 scales round the middle 

 of the body. Tail very short, ending in an obtuse point. Yel- 

 lowish (?), with four longitudinal lines of confluent dots along tho 

 back and tail. 



From snout to vent 157 mtUim., tail 20. 



Cape of Good Hoiie. 



a. Ad. Cape of Good Hope. South-African Museum [P.]. 



2. Typlilosaurus aurantiacus. 



Typhline cuvieri (non Wicym.), L'icnicuni, Spec. Zool. Mosnmh.y Rept. 



p. 27, pi. i. lig. 3. 

 auraiitiaca, Peters, Mon. Bcrl. Ac. 1854, p. G20; A. Dum. Rev. 



et Mat/, lie Zool. viii. 185G, pi. xxi. fig. 3. 

 Typhlosaurns aurantiacus, Peters, lieise n. Mossamh. iii. p. 83, 



pi. xiii. tig. 1. 



Snout conical, projecting. The length of the rostral equals about 

 that of the other head-shields together ; these are : — a frontal, at 

 least twice as broad as long, and forming a broad suture with the 

 rostral ; an interparietal, as broad and twice as long as the frontal ; 

 a pair of large parietals, forming a suture behind the interparietal. 

 Eye scarcely distinguishable, situated under the suture between an 

 upper and a lower small ocular ; two superposed praeoculars ; a 

 supraocular ; four small upper labials, first in contact with the 

 lower ocular ; mental very large, posterior border slightly emargi- 

 nate and extending as far as the rostral. Scales more or less 

 distinctly hexagonal, much broader than long, the two median dorsal 

 series broadest, the two median ventral the narrowest ; 12 scales 

 round the middle of the body. Tail very short, ending obtusely. 

 Brownish white in spirit ; a brown spot on each side of the snout ; 

 four longitudinal series of brown dots on the tail. The life-colora- 

 tion is described by Peters as orange above, with reddish transverse 

 spots on the borders of the scales, and with two to six more or less 

 distinct longitudinal series of black dots; lowerparts white, sometimes 

 with black dots under the tail. 



Total length 17U millim., tail 27. 



Mozambique. 



a. Ad. Mozambique. Prof. J. J. Bianconi [P.]. 



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