2. TYPHLOPs. 27 
once and a half as long as broad, ending in aspine. 24 scales round 
the body. Brown above, yellow inferiorly. 
Total length 123 millim. 
Pelew Islands. 
27. Typhlops aluensis. 
i ia aluensis, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1887, p. 336, pl. xxviii. 
Snout depressed, rounded, strongly projecting; nostrils lateral. 
Nostril between two nasals, the anterior in contact with the first 
- and second labials; rostral about two fifths the width of the head, 
not extending quite to the level of the eyes; praocular present, as 
broad as the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; 
eyes distinct; upper head-scales scarcely enlarged; four upper 
‘labials. Diameter of body 60 times in the total length ; tail twice 
and one third as long as broad, ending in a spine. 22 scales round 
the body. Brown above, yellowish inferiorly. 
Total length 245 millim. 
Solomon Islands. 
L a. Ad, ? Alu, Shortland Islands. C. M. Woodford, Esq. [C.}. 
. (Type.) 
28. Typhlops schneideri. 
Typhlops schneideri, Jan, Icon, Gén. p. 20, 1. 9, pl. i. fig. 3 (1864). 
Snout round, moderately projecting; nostrils lateral. Rostral 
about one third the width of the head; nasal semidivided, the cleft. 
proceeding from the second labial; preocular present, nearly as 
large as the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials; 
eyes hidden; upper head-scales strongly’ enlarged; four upper 
labials, Diameter of body 26 times in the total length ; tail broader 
than long, ending in a spine. 26 scales round the body. Olive 
| above, yellowish inferiorly. 
Total length 230 millim. 
Bangkok, Siam. 
29. Typhlops reticulatus. 
sy om reticulata, Linn. S. N. i. p. 391 (1766); Schneid. Hist. 
mph. ii. p. 8325 (1801); Daud. Rept. vii. p. 324 (1802 
—— rostralis, Weigel, Schrift. Berl. naturf, Ges, iii, 1782, p. 190. 
Typhlops crococatus, Schneid. Ll. c. p. 340. 
Anguis nasutus, Gmel, S. N. i. p. 1120 (1788). 
—— rostratus, Daud. 1. c. p. 316. 
noche lumbricalis, Sehleg. Abbild. p. 35, pl, xxxii. figs. 1-4 
844). 
ae reticulatus, Dum. § Bibr. vi, p. 282, pl. lx. (1844); Jan, 
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