84 TYPHLOPID®. 
tail a little broader than long. 18 scales round the body. Brown, 
somewhat lighter inferiorly ; head and end of tail white. 
Total length 175 millim. 
North Celebes. 
44. Typhlops ligatus. 
Typhlops ligatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 775, pl. —. fe: 3. 
ois Fain Douglas Ogilby, Ree. Austral. Mus. i ii, 18 , p. 23 
Snout moderately prominent, rounded ; nostrils inferior. Rostral 
narrow, band-like, not one third the width of the head, extending 
to the level of the eyes; nasal completely (or nearly completely) 
divided, the cleft extending from the first labial to the upper sur- 
face of the head; prwocular present, slightly narrower than the 
nasal or the ocular, i in contact with the second and third labials ; 
eyes distinguishable; prefrontal, supraoculars, and parietals consi- 
derably enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 25 (to 32) 
times in the total length; tail once and a half as long as broad, 
ending in aspine, 24 scales round the body. Brown above, yel- 
lowish inferiorly. 
Total length 250 millim. 
Queensland. 
a, Ad. Rockhampton. 
45. Typhlops torresianus. (Pxarz II. fig. 4.) 
Bey torresianus, Bouleng Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) iv. 1889, 
Snout prominent, rounded; nostrils inferior. Rostral about one 
third the width of the head, not extending quite to the level of the 
eyes; the portion visible from below half as broad as long; nasal 
incompletely divided, the cleft extending from the second labial to 
the upper surface of the snout; procular present, narrower than 
the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; 
eyes distinguishable ; prefrontal, supraoculars, and parietals en- 
larged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 40 to 43 times in the 
total length ; tail a little longer than broad, ending in a spine. 22 
scales round the body. Dark olive or brown above, the scales edged 
with lighter ; whitish inferiorly, 
Total length 400 millim. 
Murray Island, Torres Straits. - 
a-b, Ad. & hgr. Murray Island. Rey. 8. Macfarlane [C.]. (Types.) 
46. Typhlops polygrammicus. 
Typhlo lygrammicus, Schie ar . 40, pl. xxxii. figs. 35-38 
(1844) ; "Dam. § Biri vi. p. 302 1st); Son, Toon: Gia. 1B 
3, ple iv. & v. fi 9 (1864) ate on, Berl, Ac, 1865, p. 262. 
Anilios ns, Grey . Cat. ee 185 (1845). 
Argyrophis selyuvestinions, Gray, 1. ¢. p. 188. 
