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51. Typhlops bipartitus. 
Typhlops bipartitus, Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. 1879, p. 59. 
Snout rounded; nostrils inferior. Rostral large; nasal semi- 
divided ; preocular as broad as the ocular; four upper labials, 22 
seales round the body. ‘Tail longer than broad. Yellowish green 
above, light brown inferiorly. 
Total length 250 millim. 
Tidore (?) Island, Northern New Guinea. 
52. Typhlops tenuicollis. 
Onychocephalus (Ophthalmidion) tenuicollis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 
864, p. 272, pl. —. fg. 2. 
hlops tenuicollis, ob. Cat. t. Brit. Ind. p. 1283 (1876); 
oa Faun, Ind., Rept. p. 241 (1890). 
Snout round and moderately projecting ; nostrils inferior. Rostral 
broad, its upper portion more than half as broad as the head; nasal 
semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; a preocular, 
about as large as the ocular ; eyes not distinguishable ; prefrontal 
and frontal very broad, broader than the ocular and parietal ; four 
upper labials. Diameter of body 65 times in the total length; tail 
as long as broad, terminal scute obtusely conical. 22 scales round 
the body. Olive-brown above, yellowish inferiorly. 
Total length 365 millim. 
Himalaya. 
53. Typhlops mucronatus, 
hlops (Ophthalmidion) mucronatus, Boettg. Zool. Anz. 
TYPNTD, dad Abh. Senckenb, Gee ait 1881, p. 438, pl. i. fig. 1. 
Snout very prominent, depressed, rounded, with inferior nostrils, 
Rostral half the width of the head ; nasal nearly completely divided, 
the cleft proceeding from the second labial; preocular present, a 
little narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the 
second and third labials ; eyes distinct; upper head-scales enlarged ; 
four upper labials. Diameter of body 42 to 55 times in the total 
length ; tail as long as broad or a little longer, ending in a spine. 
24 scales round the body. Grey-brown or olive, lighter inferiorly. 
Total length 330 millim. 
Nossi Bé, Madagascar. 
a-b, Ad. & hgr. Nossi Bé. Senckenberg Museum [E. }. 
54. Typhlops elegans. 
Typhlo hthalmidion) e Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1868, 
450, Aw; fig. 1; Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lish. x. 1887, p. 199. 
Snout very prominent, rounded, with inferior nostrils. Rostral 
large, about half as broad as the head, extending to the level of the 
