48 TYPHLOPIDS. 
75. Typhlops curvirostris. . 
os ar a curvirostris, Peters, Mon. Berl, Ac. 1879, p. 776, pl. —. 
g. 5. 
Snout very prominent, hooked, with obtusely angular horizontal 
edge and inferior nostrils. Rostral large, its upper part a little 
longer than broad and not extending back to the level of the eyes ; 
lower portion of the rostral a little longer than broad; nasal nearly 
completely divided, the cleft proceeding from the first labial; pra- 
ocular present, narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact 
with the second and third labials; eyes distinct ; supraoculars and 
parietals broad; four upper labials. Diameter of body 42 or 43 
times in the total length ; tail nearly as long as broad, ending in a 
small spine. 24 scales round the body. Brown above, each scale 
with a light transverse streak anteriorly; snout and lower parts 
yellowish white. 
Total length 210 millim. 
Queensland. 
a. Ad. Rockhampton. 
76. Typhlops bicolor. 
Onychocephalus bicolor, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1860, p. 81. 
tN bicolor, Jan, Icon. Gén. p. 31, 1. 4, pls. iv. & vy, fig. 3 
1864). 
Snout very prominent, with sharp cutting edge and inferior 
nostrils. Rostral large, its upper part about half the width of the 
head, not extending to the level of the eyes, its lower part as broad 
as long; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the second 
labial; preeocular present, narrower than the nasal or the ocular, 
in contact with the second and third labials ; eyes distinct; parietals 
broad ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 30 to 34 times in 
the total length ; tail a little longer than broad, ending in a small 
spine. 22 scales round the body. Brown or dark olive above, 
whitish inferiorly. 
Total length 330 millim. 
Southern Australia (Melbourne and Adelaide) and West Australia. 
a, Hgr. W. Australia. Mr. Duboulay [C.]. 
b. Ad. Australia. 
77. Typhlops bituberculatus. 
Onychocephalus bituberculatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 233, 
and 1867, p. 708, pl. —. fig. 4. 
Snout very prominent, with sharp cutting edge and a knob-like 
prominence above the nostrils, which are inferior, Rostral large, 
more than half the width of the head, not extending to the level 
of the eyes; nasal incompletely divided, the cleft proceeding from 
the second labial; preocular present, much narrower than the 
