10 TYPHLOPID A. 
titt 26 scales round the body ; diameter of body 
26 times in the total length. 
28. schneideri, p. 27. 
tttt 20 seales round the body; diameter of 
body 22 to 30 times in the total length. 
29. reticulatus, p. 27. 
tt Nasal completely divided into two. 
24 scales round the body .............. 26. acuticauda, p. 26. 
22 scales round the body .............. 27. aluensis, p. 27. 
18 scales round the body ............ 30. tenuis, p. 28, 
c. Nasal cleft proceeding from the first labial. 
20 scales round the body ..... mR. tk 31. filiformis, p. 29. 
22 scales round the body .............. 32. temminekit, p. 29. 
2. Preocular in contact with the third labial only. 
a. Nasal incompletely divided. 
30 scales round the body .............. 33. ruficauda, p. 29. 
24 or 26 scales round the body.......... 34. kraali, p. 30. 
b. Nasal completely divided into two. 
24 scales round the body .............. 35. platycephalus,p.30. 
20 or 22 scales round the body.......... 36. lumbricalis, p. 31. 
18 scales round the body ; tail longer than 
DEDGE Re giecaiarcis +5 0 8s pk eon Nees 37. exiguus, p. 31. 
18 scales round the body ; tail broader than 
long: ‘cet ea Paks poss ep eae Fee 38. cecatus, p. 32. 
B. Snout rounded ; nostrils inferior. 
1. Rostral narrow, not more than one third the width of the 
head. . 
a. Nasal cleft not extending to the upper surface of the 
snout, which is much depressed; 22 scales round the 
body. 
Diameter of body 30 times in the total 
length; tail broader than long........ 39. cuneirostris, p. 32. 
Diameter of body 58 times in the total 
length ; tail longer than broad........ 41. depressus, p. 33. 
b. Nasal cleft extending to the upper surface of the snout. 
24 scales round the body ; nasal cleft pro- 
ceeding from the first labial .......... 44, ligatus, p. 34. 
22 scales round the body ; nasal cleft pro- 
ceeding from the second labial ........ 45, torresianus, p. 34. 
