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large, about half the width of the head, the portion visible from 
below nearly as long as broad ; nasal incompletely divided, the cleft 
ing from the first labial; praocular present, a little narrower 
than the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the second labial only ; 
eyes just distinguishable ; upper head-scales enlarged ; four upper 
labial. ‘Diameter of body 23 to 30 times in the total length; tail 
a little broader than long, ending in a spine. 24 scales round the 
body. Bluish or greyish, anal region yellowish. 
Total length 160 millim. 
Mozambique. 
58. Typhlops blanfordii. (Pxarn II, fig. 5.) ’ 
Typhlops eschrichtii (nom Schleg.), Blanf. Geol. § Zool. Abyss. p. 457 
— blanfordii, Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (8) iv. 1889, p. 363. 
Snout very prominent, depressed, rounded, with inferior nostrils. 
Rostral large, more than half the width of the head, extending to 
between the eyes, the portion visible from below nearly as long as 
broad ; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the first labial ; 
preocular present, much narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in 
contact with the second and third labials; eyes distinct, below the 
and the ocular; prefrontal much enlarged, supraoculars 
and parietals feebly enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 
40 times in the total length; tail broader than long, ending in a 
spine. 30 scales round the body. Olive-grey, basal half of each 
dorsal scale blackish; a narrow whitish strip along the middle of 
the lower surface. 
Total length 320 millim. 
Abyssinia. 
a, Ad. Senafé, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. (Type.) 
59. Typhlops boettgeri. (Ptaze II. fig. 6.) 
Snout very prominent, depressed, with obtusely angular horizontal 
edge and inferior nostrils. Rostral large, more than half the width 
of the head, not extending to between the eyes, the portion visible 
from above as broad as long; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding 
from the second labial ; prevcular present, much narrower than the 
nasal or the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; 
eyes distinct, below the ocular; prefrontal scarcely enlarged, supra- 
oculars and parietals a little larger; four upper labials. Diameter 
of body 44 to 50 times in the total length; tail as long as broad, 
ending in a spine. 20 or 22 scales round the body. Colourless. 
Total length 220 millim. 
Madagascar. 
a-e. Ad., hgr., & yg. 8.W. Madagascar. Mr. Last [C.}. 
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