a. 
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13. Typhlops comorensis. (Pare II. fig. 1.) 
Te comorensis, Bouleng. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (6), iv. 1889, 
p- 361. 
Snout depressed, rounded, strongly projecting; nostrils latera.. 
Rostral two fifths the width of the head, extending to the level o 
the eyes; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the second 
labial ; preocular present, as broad as the ocular, in contact with 
the second and third labials; eyes distinct; upper head-scales 
feebly enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 54 times in 
the total length; tail once and a half as long as broad. 20 scales 
round the body. Dark brown; labial and anal regions yellowish. 
Total length 245 millim. 
Comoro Islands. 
a. Comoro Islands. Sir J. Kirk [C.]. (Type.) 
14. Typhlops socotranus. (Prare II. fig. 2.) 
iL socotranus, Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) iv. 1889, 
p- 362. 
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 proceeding from the 
second labial; preocular present, broader than the nasal or the 
ocular, in contact with the second and third labials; eyes distinct ; 
~ upper head-scales slightly enlarged; four upper labials. Diameter 
of body 37 to 50 times in the total length; tail as long as broad, 
ending ina spine. 24 scales round the body. Whitish, with pale 
brown lines running between the dorsal series of scales. 
Total length 200 millim. 
Socotra. 
a-b, Ad. Socotra. Prof. I. B. Balfour [C.]. (Types.) 
15. Typhlops vermicularis. 
Anguis lumbricalis (non Linn.), Daud. Rept. vii. p. 308 (1803). 
‘af tg vermicularis, Merr. Tent. p. 158 (1820) ; Berth. Abh. Ges. 
iss. Gotting. i. 1843, p. 52, pl. i. figs. 1-3; Dum. § Bibr. vi. 
. B03 (1844); Jan, Icon. Gén. p. 18, 1. 3, pls. iv. & v. fig. 3 
F864) ; Strauch, Schl. Russ, R. p. 25 (1873) ; Boettg. Zool. Jahrb. 
ili. 1888, p. 920. 
—— flavescens, Bibr. § Bory, rey Morée, Zool. p. 72, pl. xiii. 
fig. 8 (1833); Schleg. Abbild. p. 37 (1844). 
Ty hones ——— Gray, ~~ nar’ if 137 ke oe 
lo iacus, Jan, op. cit. p. 15, L. 3, pls. iv. & v. fig. 5; tet. 
rch Mus, Lyon, iii, 1883, p- 188, pl. xix. fig. 1. : 
—— persicus, Blanf. Ann, & Mag. N. H. (4) xiv. 1874, p. 34, and 
Zool. E. Pers. p. 399, pl. xxvii. fig. 5 (1876). 
—— lumbricalis, Schreib, Herp. Bur. p. 315 (1875). 
