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63. Typhlops mossambicus. 
Typhlops eschrichtii (non Schi.), Bianconi, Spec. Zool. Mosamb, p. 10 
On . halus mossambicus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1854, p. 621 
et 1000, p. 82. asia ae 
TYE) bianconii, Jan, Icon. Gén, p. 28, 1.1, pls. v. & vi. fig. 3 
) 
— mossambicus, Jan, op. cit. p. 22, 1. 5, pls. v. & vi. fig. 3 (1864) ; 
Fotere, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 98, se ie 2 (1882). 
Snout very prominent, rounded, with an obtuse horizontal keel 
and inferior nostrils. Rostral large, not extending to the level of 
the eyes, which are distinguishable; nasal completely divided, the 
cleft proceeding from the first labial; preocular present, a little 
narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the second 
and third labials; four upper labials. Diameter of body 30 times 
in the total length; tail broader than long, ending in a spine. 
24 scales round the middle of the body, 25 or 26 anteriorly. Dark 
brown ; lower surface of head and anal region yellowish. 
Total length 150 millim. 
South-east Africa, from Mozambique to Delagoa Bay. 
a. Ad. Mozambique, Prof. Bianconi [P.}. 
6. Ad. Mozambique. 
64. Typhlops tettensis. 
Onychocephalus tettensis, Peters, Mon. Berl, Ac. 1860, p 80. 
Typhlops tettensis, Peters, Reise n, Mossamb, iii. p. 92, pl. xv. fig. 1. 
Snout very prominent, rounded, with an obtuse horizontal keel 
and inferior nostrils. Rostral large, not extending to the level of 
the eyes, which are distinguishable; nasal incompletely divided, 
the cleft proceeding from the first labial; preocular present, a little 
narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the second 
upper labial; ocular in contact with the second, third, and fourth 
upper labials; four upper labials. Diameter of body 374 times in 
the total length; tail hardly as long as broad. 24 scales round the 
body anteriorly, 22 posteriorly. Greenish blue. 
Total length 165 millim. 
Tette, Mozambique. 
65. Typhlops buchholzi. 
Typhlops (Onychocephalus) buchholzi, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. 
reunde, 1881, p- “it ‘ ; = 
Snout with an obtuse horizontal keel and inferior nostrils, 
Rostral large ; prefrontal much larger than frontal, which, like the 
supraoculars and parietals, is larger than the scales on the body ; 
eyes hidden ; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the first 
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