2. TYPHLOPS, 51 
prefrontal considerably enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of 
body 50 to 68 times in the total length; tail twice and a half as 
long as broad, ending in a spine. 20 or 22 scales round the body. 
Pale brown, lighter inferiorly. 
Total length 410 millim. 
Philippines, Moluccas, North-west Australia. 
a. Ad, eo H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. (Type.) 
b, Ad. Myso 
ec, Ad. Malay Archipelago. Dr. Bleeker. 
ad. Yg. Champion Bay. Mr, Duboulay [C.]. 
83. Typhlops cumingii. (Prars III. fig. 4.) 
Onychophis cumingii, Gray, Cat. Iz. p. 133 (1845). 
Onychocephalus cumingi, Boetty. Ber. Bench, Ges. 1886, p. 104. 
Snout very prominent, with a narrow, subcrescentic sharp 
transverse edge and inferior nostrils. Rostral large, its upper 
part longer than broad and about half the width of the head, not 
extending to the level of the eyes, its lower part as broad as long; 
nasal completely divided, the cleft proceeding from the second 
labial ; preocular present, narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in 
contact with the third labial only; prefrontal not enlarged, 
parietals broad; eyes distinct; four upper labials. Diameter of 
body 48 to 52 times in the total length; tail four or five times as 
long as broad, endingin a spine. 24 scales round the body. Olive- 
brown above, yellowish inferiorly. 
Total length 365 millim. 
Philippines. 
ab. Ad. &hgr. Philippines. © H. Cuming, Eaq. (C.}. 
lai Sir B. Belcher EP, } types.) 
84. Typhlops simoni. 
Onychocephalus simoni, Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1878-79, p. 58, and 
1880-8 , p- 135, pl. ili, fig. 1. 
Snout very prominent, pointed, with sharp cutting edge and 
inferior nostrils. Head-shields granulated; rostral very large, both 
upper and lower parts longer than broad ; nasal cleft extending 
from the first labial to the nostril, which is close to the rostral; 
preocular present, as large as the ocular, but much smaller than 
the nasal, in contact with the second and third labials ; eyes not 
distinguishable ; prefrontal and supraoculars larger than the scales 
on the body ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 57 to 60 times 
in the total length ; tail slightly longer than broad, without terminal 
spine. 20 scales round the body. Colourless. 
Total length 165 millim. 
Palestine. 
a, Ad.? Haifa. Senckenberg Museum [E.}. 
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