2. TYPHLOPS. 47 
A. Yellow or pale olive above, the scales with dark borders forming 
more or less regular longitudinal lines. (7. mucruso.) 
a. Ad. Mouth of the Zambesi, Capt. eld [P.]. 
b-d. Her. Zambesi. Sir J. or C.}. 
ef. Hgr.& yg. Zanzibar. Sir J. Kirk [C.}. 
g- fod: (imper- _E. Africa. Capt. Speke [P.}. 
B. Intermediate between A and C, the dark longitudinal lines being 
distinct but with the addition of irregular small dark brown 
spots. 
A. gr. Angola. Lieut. Cameron [P.}. 
C. Yellowish above, with irregular blackish or dark brown blotches. 
(7. varius.) 
iH. Her. Zanzibar. ‘ Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 
m. ioe Delagoa Bay. 8. African Museum [P. }. 
73. Typhlops anomalus. 
<a anomalus, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. iv. 1873, p. 248, 
1. i. fig. 
? Onychocephal crassa’ Peters, Sitzb. G 
Tyohion (Qnychonepals) erat, es, naturf 
Snout very prominent, with sharp cutting edge and inferior 
nostrils. Rostral very large, extending to the level of the eyes; 
nasal semidivided, the suture proceeding from the lateral border of 
the rostral ; preocular much narrower than the ocular ; eyes distinct, 
below the suture between the preocular and the ocular; four upper 
labials. Diameter of body about 20 times in the total length ; tail 
broader than long. 28 to 30 scales round the body. Uniform 
brown above; sides and lower parts yellow. 
Total length 188 millim. 
South-west Africa (Mossamedes ; Loango?). 
. 
74. Typhlops schinzi. - 
Typhlops Soir schinzi, Boetty. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1887, 
p- 154, p 
Snout strongly hooked, with sharp cutting edge and inferior 
nostrils. Rostral large, but not extending posteriorly to the level 
of the eyes; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the first 
labial ; prwocular present, narrower than the nasal or the ocular, 
in contact with the third labial; eyes distinct; upper head-scales 
larger than the scales on the body ; four upper labials. Diameter 
of body 45 times in the total length ; tail as long as broad, ending 
inaspine. 26 scales round the middle of the body, 28 behind the 
* head. Yellowish, above with small black spots. 
Total length 226 millim. 
North Kalahari, 
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