2. TYPHLOPS, 53 
tail twice as long as broad, very obtuse and terminating in a minute 
point. 18 scales round the body. General colour above shining deep 
brownish black, t he base of the scales being somewhat dull black; sides 
vinaceous; paler on the lower parts, which are throughout checkered 
with white; mouth and the tail below, including the tip, also mostly 
white. 
Total length 165 millim. 
Andaman Islands. 
88. Typhlops ater. 
eh a ater, Schleg. Abbild. oy pl. xxxii. figs. 29-31 (1844); 
§ Bibr. vi. p. 312 ( Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1865, 
?: 263, ie fig. 4; Peters § Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, xiii. 
878, p. 
Anilios ? ater, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 136 (1845). 
Snout rounded ; nostrils lateral. Rostral elongate, oval, extending 
to the level of the eyes; nasal completely divided, the cleft pro- 
ceeding from the second labial; a preocular, separated from the 
labials by a subocular; ocular in contact with third and fourth 
upper labials ; eyes distinct, under the suture between the preocular 
and the ocular; four upper labials. Diameter of body 68 times in 
the total length; tail about twice as long as broad, with a very 
small spine. 18 scales round the body. Black above, reddish 
brown inferiorly ; lower surface of head and anal region white. 
Total length 136 millim. 
Java ; Ternate. 
89. Typhlops disparilis. 
hlops disparilis, Jan, Icon. Gén. p. 8,1. 1, pls. v. & vi. fig. 6 (1860). 
Dinphowtyphtoys ‘disparilis, Peters, Sits. Ges. naturf, Fr. 188, 
p. 70. 
Snout round, moderately prominent; nostrils lateral. Rostral 
narrow, extending to the level of the eyes; nostril between two 
nasals, the anterior of which is small and in contact with the first 
and second labials ; a preocular, larger than the ocular, in contact 
with the second and third labials ; a subocular, separating the ocular 
from the labials; eyes distinguishable; upper head-scales slightly 
enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body about 50 times in 
the total length; tail as long as broad, ending in a spine. 18 scales 
round the body. Uniform brownish.. 
Total length 300 millim. 
Hab. ? 
90. Typhlops microstomus. 
Typhlops microstomus, , Proc. Ac. Philad, 1866, p. 125; Bo- 
court, Miss. Se. Met, Rope p. 500 (1882). 
Snout rounded, flattened and very prominent; nostrils lateral. 
Preocular present, broader than the nasal, in contact with the second 
labial; a subocular, separating the ocular from the labials; eyes 
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