362 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on new Typhlopide. 
once and a half as long as broad. 20 scales round the body. 
Dark brown; labial and anal regions yellowish. 
A single specimen, 245 millim. long, from the Comoro 
Islands, collected by Sir John Kirk. 
Typhlops socotranus. 
Snout rounded, very prominent; nostrils lateral. Rostral 
about one third the width of the head, not extending to the 
level of the eyes; nasal incompletely divided, the cleft pro- 
ceeding from the second labial; praocular present, broader 
than the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the second and 
third labials; eye distinct; upper head-scales slightly en- 
larged; four upper labials. Diameter of body 37 to 50 times 
in the total length; tail as long as broad, ending in a spine. 
24 scales round the body. Whitish, with pale brown lines 
running between the dorsal series of scales. 
Two specimens, the largest 200 millim. long, from Socotra, 
collected by Prof. J. B. Balfour. 
Typhlops torresianus. 
Snout prominent, rounded; nostrils inferior. Rostral 
about one third the width of the head, not extending quite to 
the level of the eyes, the portion visible from below half as 
broad as long; nasal incompletely divided, the cleft extending 
from the second labial to the upper surface of the snout; pree- 
ocular present, narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in con- 
tact with the second and third labials ; eye distinguishable ; 
prefrontal, supraoculars, and parietals enlarged ; tour upper 
labials. Diameter of body 40 to 43 times in the total length ; 
tail a little longer than broad, ending in a spine. 22 scales 
round the body. Dark olive or brown above, the scales 
edged with lighter ; whitish inferiorly. 
‘T'wo specimens, the largest 400 millim. long, from Murray 
Island, Torres Straits, collected by the Rev. 8. Macfarlane. 
‘yphlops regine. 
Snout prominent, rounded; nostrils inferior. Rostral 
nearly halt the width of the head, not extending to the level 
of the eyes, the portion visible from below longer than broad ; 
nasal incompletely divided, the cleft extending from the first 
labial to the upper surface of the snout; preeocular present, 
nearly as broad as the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the 
second and third labials; eye distinguishable ; prefrontal, 
supraoculars, and parietals much enlarged ; four upper labials. 
