82 TYPHLOPID®. 
about 60 times in the total length; tail once and a half as long as 
broad, ending in a spine. 18 scales round the body. Yellowish 
above, white inferiorly. 
Total length 135 millim, 
East Indies. 
38. Typhlops cecatus. 
ard cecatus, Jan, Icon. Gén. p. 9, 1. 3, pls. iv. & v. fig. 2 
(1864), 
Snout round, feebly projecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral about 
one third the width of the head; nostril between two nasals, the 
anterior in contact with the first and second labials; prwocular 
present, nearly as broad as the ocular, in contact with the third 
labial only ; eyes hidden; upper head-scales enlarged ; four upper 
labials. Diameter of body 40 times in the total length; tail 
broader than long, ending in a spine. 18 scales round the body. 
Brown, paler inferiorly ; snout and lower surface of tail white. 
Total length 147 millim. 
Gold Coast. 
39. Typhlops cuneirostris. 
cl ag ag cuneirostris, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 775, pl. —. 
g. 4. 
Snout very prominent, much depressed, cuneiform, with rounded 
edge and inferior nostrils. Rostral narrow, hardly 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, narrower than the nasal, as large as the ocular, 
in contact with the second and third labials; eyes distinct; supra- 
oculars and parietals larger than the scales on the body; four 
upper labials. Diameter of body about 30 times in the total length ; 
tail broader than long, ending in a spine. 22 scales round the 
body. Dorsal scales edged with brown, the edges forming eight 
longitudinal dark lines on the body ; lower parts white. 
Total length 146 millim. 
Brava, Somaliland. 
40. Typhlops verticalis. 
Onychocephalus verticalis, Smith, Ill. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. pl. liv. 
(1845 
—— macrurus, Peters, Mon. Berl, Ac. 1860, p. 78, pl. —, and 1865, 
p- 263. 
Snout moderately prominent, rounded; nostrils inferior. Rostral 
about three fifths the width of the head, not extending to the level. 
of the eyes; nasals nearly meeting behind the rostral, semidivided, 
the cleft proceeding from the second labial; preocular present, 
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