42 TYPHLOPID®. 
labial ; preocular present, nearly as large as the ocular, in contact 
with the second and third labials ; four upper labials. Diameter of 
body 53 times in the total length ; tail broader than long. 24 scales 
round the body. Yellow, with indistinct darker longitudinal lines. 
Total length 370 millim, 
Mungo, West Africa. 
66. Typhlops punctatus. 
Acontias punctatus, Leach, in Bowditch, Miss. Ashantee, p. 498 
(1819). 
9 eschrichtii, Schleg, Abbild. p. 37, pl. xxxii. . 18, 16 
(1844) ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1860, p. 83; Jan, Icon. Gén. p. 26, 
1. eon v. & vi. fig. 4 (1861); Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. Ts0s° 
Ohthalmidion eschrichtii, Dum. § Bibr. vi. p. 265 (1844), 
Onychocephalus congestus, Dum. § Bibr, t.c. p. 334; Peters, 1. ¢. 
Onychophis barrowii, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 133 (1845). 
—— punctata, Gray, l.c. 
Onychocephalus Jiberiensis, Hallow. Proc, Ac. Philad. 1848, p. 59; 
A, Dum. Arch. Mus. x. p. 186 (1860) ; Peters, Mon. Berl, Ac. 1860, 
. 82. 
ae nigro-lineatus, Hallow. 1. c. p. 60. 
iy liberiensis, Jan, op. cit. p. 24, 1. 5, pls. v. & vi. fig. 1 
a liberiensis, var. intermedia, Jan, op. cit. 1. 5, pls. vy. & vi. 
fig. 2. 
mas kraussii, Jan, op. cit. p. 26, 1. 3, pl. vi. fig. 2 (1864). 
—— lineolatus, Jan, op. cit. p. 24, 1. 9, pl. i. fig. 4 (1864). 
aoa angolensis, Bocage, Jorn. Se. Lisb. i. 1866, pp. 46 
65. 
—— kraussi, Reichen. Arch. f. Nat. 1874, p. 291. 
Typhlops (Ophthalmidion) eschrichtii, var. intermedia et lineolata, 
Peters, Mon, Berl. Ac. 1877, p. 614. — 
Aspidorhynchus eschrichtii, Peters, Sitzb. Ges, naturf. Freunde, 1881, 
. 70. 
Typhlops (Ophthalmidion) kraussii, Bocage, Jorn. Se. Lish. xi. 1887, 
5 | : 
p- 180. 
—— (Aspidorhynchus) eschrichti, Boetty. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1888, 
p- 42. 
Snout very prominent, rounded, with an obtuse horizontal keel 
and inferior nostrils. Rostral very large, extending to the level of 
the eyes, which are distinguishable; nasal semidivided, the suture 
extending from the first labial to the nostril; preocular present, 
narrower than the nasal, not more than half as broad as the ocular, 
in contact with the second and third labials; four upper labials. 
Diameter of body 21 to 32 times in the total length; tail broader 
than long, ending in a spine. 24 to 30 scales round the middle 
of the body, 26 to 32 anteriorly. Coloration very variable. 
Total length 630 millim. on 
West and Central Africa. 
