2. rYPHLopPs. 33 
much narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the 
second and third labials; eyes distinguishable; prefrontal large, 
supraoculars and parietals very broad; four upper labials. Dia- 
meter of body 42 to 45 times in the total length; tail nearly twice 
as long as broad. 22 scales round the body. Uniform brownish 
ow. 
Total length 170 millim. 
Interior of South Africa. 
a. Ad. S. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. (Type.) 
41. Typhlops depressus. 
Typhlops depressus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1880, p. 220. 
Head much depressed, broader than the neck ; snout rounded ; 
nostrils inferior. Rostral narrow; nasal incompletely divided, the 
cleft proceeding from the second labial ; preocular narrower than 
the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials; eyes 
distinct ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 58 times in the 
total length ; tail longer than broad, pointed. 22 scales round the 
body. Dark brown above, yellowish inferiorly. 
Total length 235 millim. 
Duke of York Island. 
42. Typhlops longissimus. 
hthalmidion longissimum, Dum. § Bibr. vi. p. 263 (1844). 
mae longissimus, Jan, Icon. Gén. p. 21, 1. 5, pls. v. & vi. fig. 6 
peal Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 500, pl. xxix. fig. 11 
(1882). 
Snout rounded ; nostrils inferior. Rostral nearly half the width 
of the head; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the 
second labial; preocular present, much larger than the ocular, in 
contact with the second and third labials; eyes invisible; pre- 
frontal and supraoculars much enlarged ; four upper labials. Dia- 
meter of body about 50 times in the total length ; tail once and a 
half as long as broad, ending in a spine. 22 scales round the body. 
Uniform grey, end of snout yellowish. 
Total length 350 millim. 
Hab. ——? 
43. Typhlops conradi. 
Typhlops conradi, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1874, p. 162, pl. —. fig. 1. 
Snout rounded; nostrils inferior. Rostral two fifths the width 
of the head, extending nearly to the level of the eyes; nasal semi- 
divided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial; preocular 
present, much larger than the ocular, in contact with the second and 
third labials; eyes distinguishable; upper head-scales enlarged ; 
four upper labials. Diameter of body 58 times in the total length ; 
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