50 TYPHLOPID®, 
sharp horizontal edge, its upper portion about two fifths the width 
of the head, longer than broad and not extending to the level of 
the eyes; lower portion of rostral subtriangular, gradually nar- 
rowing towards the mouth; nasal completely divided, the cleft 
proceeding from the second labial; preocular present, a little 
smaller than the ocular, in contact with the second and third 
labials; eyes distinct; scales on vertex scarcely enlarged; fi 
upper labials. Diameter of body 52 to 68 times in the total length ; 
tail slightly longer than broad, ending in a spine. 20 scales round 
the body. Flesh-colour. 
Total length 205 millim. 
. Madagascar. 
a, Ad. Madagascar. 
81. Typhlops multilineatus. 
Typhlops multilineatus, Schleg. Abbild. p. 40, Ue xxxii. figs. 39-42 
(1844); Peters, Mon. Berl, Ac. 1860, p. 77; Jan, Icon. Gén. p. 30, 
1. 4, pls. iv. & v. fig. 4 (1864). 
Onychocephalus multilineatus, Dum. § Bibr. vi. p. 276 (1844). 
Snout very prominent, with sharp cutting edge and inferior 
nostrils. Rostral very large, extending to between the eyes, the 
portion visible from below as broad as long; nasal nearly com- 
pletely divided, the cleft proceeding from the first labial; pre- 
ocular present, nearly as broad as the ocular, in contact with the 
second and third labials; eyes distinct; prefrontal, supraoculars, 
and parietals much broader than the scales on the body ; four upper 
labials. Diameter of body 50 to 60 times in the total length ; tail 
nearly twice as long as broad, ending ina spine. 20 scales round 
the body. Greyish, with dark brown longitudinal lines corre- 
sponding with the series of scales. 
Total length 370 millim. 
New Guinea and neighbouring Islands. 
a, Ad. Kei Islands. Capt. Langen [P.]. 
82. Typhlops olivaceus, 
Onychophis olivaceus, Gray, Cat, Liz. p. 133 (1845). 
Onychocephalus olivaceus, Peters, Mon. Berl, Ac. 1861, p. 684. - 
Fyphlope (Onychocephalus) angusticeps, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1877, 
p. 417, pl. —. fig. i" 
Snout very prominent, with a narrow, subcrescentic sharp trans- 
verse edge and inferior nostrils. Rostral large, its upper part 
longer than broad and about three fifths the width of the head, not 
extending to the level of the eyes, its lower part as broad as long ; 
nasal nearly completely divided, the cleft proceeding from the first 
labial; preocular present, nearly as broad as the nasal or the 
ocular, in contact with the second and third labials; eyes distinct ; 
