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2. TYPHLOPs. 31 
36. Typhlops lumbricalis. 
Brown, Jamaica, p. 460, pl. xliv. fig. 1 (1766). 
Anguis lumbricalis, Zinn. S. N. i. p. 39 or 
—— jamaicensis, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 588 (1802). 
Typ! ops lumbricalis, Oppel, Ordn. Rept. p. 55 (1811); Dum. § 
tbr. vi. p. 287 cee E Gosse, Nat. Soj. Jamaica, p. 262 (1851) ; 
Jan, Icon. Gén. p. 12, |. 3, pls. iv. & y. fig. 4 (1864) ; Peters, Mon. 
Berl. Ac. 1865, p. 262. 
— cinereus, Guér. Icon. R. A., Rept. pl. xviii. fig. 2 (1838). 
— cube, Bibr. in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Erp. p. 204, 
pl. xxii. (1843). 
—— richardii, Dum. § Bibr. t. c. p. 290; Jan, l. ¢. p. 16, fig. 7. 
Anilios leachii, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 135 (1845). 
Meditoria nasuta, Gray, /. c. p. 139, 
Typhlops sulcatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 128. 
Snout rounded or subacuminate, rather depressed, strongly pro- 
jecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral hardly 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, nearly as broad as the ocular (sometimes trans- 
versely divided into two), in contact with the third labial only ; eyes 
distinct ; upper head-scales not or scarcely enlarged. Diameter of 
body 34 to 40 times in the total length; tail as long as broad or a 
little longer than broad, ending in a spine. 20 or 22 scales round 
the body. Brown above, yellowish inferiorly. 
Total length 320 millim. 
West Indies; Guiana. 
a. Ad. Cuba. a 
. Ad. & yg. Jamaica. P. H. Gosse, Esq. [P.). 
ty Ad. : Bluefields, Jamaica. P. H. Gosse Bet Py 
i-k. Ad. Hayti. Hr. Rolle [C. 
1. Several specs., S. Thomas. Hr. Riise [C.]. 
ad. & hgr. 
m-n. Ad. & hgr. 8. Thomas. H.M.S. ‘ Challenger.’ 
o. Yg. Antigua. Sir A. Smith (Py 
p. % Barbados (?). 
gq. A Berbice. a Essex [P.]. (Type 
of M. nasuta.) 
r-s. Ad. —? (Types of A. leachii.) 
37. Typhlops exiguus. 
Typhlops exiguus, Jan, Icon. Gén. p. 9, 1. 3, pls. iv. & v. fig. 11 
a ah , Jan, » pls fig 
Snout round, feebly projecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral about 
one fourth the width of the head, not extending to the level of the 
eyes ; nostril between two nasals, the anterior in contact with the 
first and second labials; preocular present, narrower than the 
ocular, in contact with the third labial only; eyes distinguishable ; 
upper head-scales enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 
