i —_ e 
2. TYPHLOPs. 35 
ops nigrescens, Jan, op. cit. p. 13, L. 9 i. fig. 1; Me 
ode Zool, Viet, vi. cit. (1885)- pp te - 
——riippelli, Jan, op. cit. p. 14, 1. 9, pl. i. fig. 2. 
Snout prominent, rounded ; nostrils inferior. Rostral about half 
the width of the head, extending to the level of the eyes; the 
portion visible from below longer than broad; nasal incompletely 
divided, the cleft extending from the first labial to the upper 
surface of the snout; preocular present, narrower than the nasal 
or the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials; eyes 
distinguishable ; prefrontal, supraoculars, and parietals considerably 
enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 31 to 50 times in 
the total length ; tail once and one fourth to twice as long as broad, 
ending in a spine. 22 scales round the body. Brown or dark olive 
above, the scales edged with lighter; white inferiorly. 
Total length 435 millim. 
Timor; North and East Australia. 
a. Ad. Queensland. H.M.S. ‘ Challenger.’ 
b. a. Queensland. Col. Beddome (0: 
gs d. N. = Wales. G. Krefft, Esq. [C.}. 
. . e . 
E a Poveaioite, N.S.Wales. A. G. Butler: cate , 
hk. Hgr. Paramatta,N.S.Wales. G. Newport, Esq. -|.| Types of 
t. Hgr. Australia. Lord Derby [P.}. A, nigrescens. 
47. Typhlops reginz. (Prare ITI. fig. 1.) 
Typhlops regine, Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) iv. 1889, p. 362. 
Snout prominent, rounded; nostrils inferior. Rostral nearly 
half the width of the head, not extending to the level of the eyes ; 
the portion visible from below longer than broad ; nasal incompletely 
divided, the cleft extending from the first labial to the upper surface 
of the snout; preocular present, nearly as broad as the nasal or the 
ocular, in contact with the second and third labials; eyes distin- 
guishable; prefrontal, supraoculars, and parietals much enlarged ; 
four upper labials. Diameter of body 37 to 50 times in the total 
length ; tail a little longer than broad, ending in a spine. 22 scales 
round the body. Greyish olive above, whitish inferiorly. 
Total length 410 millim. 
Queensland. 
a-c. Ad, & hgr. Queensland. Col. Beddome [C.]. (Types.) 
48. Typhlops australis. 
aoe australis, Gray, Cat. ae p- aoe ee a sehen 
Typhlops preissi, Jan, Icon. Gén, p. 15, |. . V. fig. ‘ 
ere wratialis, Eetere, Mon. Bart Ac. 1805, Z 263, pl. Ph fig. 3 
Snout very prominent, rounded ; nostrils inferior. Rostra large, 
about three fifths the width of the head, the upper part as long as 
broad, not extending to the level of the eyes; nasal semidivided, 
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