380 TYPHLOPID”, 
34. Typhlops kraalii. 
Typhlepe kraalii, Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, vi. 1874, p. 347, pl. xii. 
Snout rounded, moderately projecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral 
about one third the width of the head, not extending quite to the 
level of the eyes; nostril between two nasals, the anterior in con- 
tact with the first and second labials ; preocular present, as broad 
as the ocular, in contact with the third labial only ; eyes distinct ; 
upper head-scales feebly enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of 
body 40 to 42 times in the total length; tail as long as broad, 
ending in a spine. 24 to 26 scales round the body. Blackish 
brown, lower surface of head and middle of belly yellowish. 
Total length 170 millim. 
Kei Islands. 
a. Ad.? Kei Islands. Capt. Langen [P.]. 
35. Typhlops platycephalus. 
Typhlops plotysophalus, Dum. & Bibr. vi. p. 293 (1844) ; Jan, Icon. 
Gén, p. 18, 1. 3, pls iy. & v. fig. 8 (1864) Bouleng. Proe. Zool. 
Soc. 1891, p. 352. 
Ophthalmidion fuscum, A. Dum. Cat. Méth. Rept. p. + Rests 
~ Typhlops fuscus, Jan, op. cit. p. 22, 1.5, pls. v. & vi. fig. 4 
Snout rounded, rather depressed, strongly projecting; nostrils 
lateral. Rostral about one third the width of the head, extending 
to the level of the eyes; nostril between two nasals, the anterior of 
which is in contact with the first and second labials; preocular 
present, a little narrower than the nasal or the ocular, i in contact 
with the third labial only ; eyes distinct ; upper head-scales not or 
scarcely enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 40 to 50 
times in the total length ; tail as long as broad or a little longer 
than broad, ending in a spine. 24 scales round the body. Blackish 
brown above and below, uniform, or with a few of the scales of the 
middle ventral row white; lower surface of snout and anal region 
usually white. 
Total length 360 millim. 
Dominica and Martinique. 
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