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3. TYPHLOPHIS. 
Oe hn dp 88 0 § Bibr. vi. p. 314 (1844) ; Jan, 
Typhlophis, Peters, Siteb naturf. Freunde, 1881, p. 69. 
Head covered with uniform small mae nostril between two 
very small nasals; rostral very small, not extending to the upper 
surface of the snout. 
Brazil and Guiana. 
1. Typhlophis squamosus. 
ee Schleg. Abbild. p. 36, pl. xxxii. figs. 9-12 
copa is leucocephalus, Dum, § Bibr. vi. p. 315 (1844); Jan, 
eit. L. 1, pls. v. & vi. fig. 11 (1880 900). Geen) Yee, 
Anttion ? squamosus, Gray, Cat. = p. 136 (1845). 
Typhlophis squamosus, Peters, /. ¢ 
Snout rounded, feebly projecting. Eyes distinguishable. Dia- 
meter of body about 40 times in the total length; tail as long as 
broad, ending in a spine. 24 scales round the body. Brown or 
black ; snout and end of tail yellowish. 
Total length 130 millim. 
Brazil and Guiana. 
Fam, 2. GLAUCONIIDA. 
a rego—e Catodoniens, Duméril § Bibron, Erp. Gén. vi. p. 317, 
Typhlepside, (Glauconiina), Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 180, 1845. 
Ofotsrodoates Catodonien, Duméril, Mém, Ac. Se. xxiii. p. =, 
Typhlop idee Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 9, 1863. 
Ba, Cope, Proc. ‘de. Philad. 1964, » 280. 
roca ers, Sitzb. Ges, naturf. pode 1881, p, 68, and Reise 
n. Mossamb, iii. p. 100, 1882. 
aunmerengg® , Proe. Amer. Philos. Soe, xxiii. p. 481, 1886, 
Glauconiide, B wer, Fi aun, Ind., Rept. p. 242, 1 
Cranial bones solidly united ; no ectopterygoid ; sia not 
extending to quadrate or mandible ; no supratemporal ; prefrontal 
forming a suture with nasal; maxillary bordering the mouth, 
forming a suture with the preemaxillary, prefrontal, and frontal, 
toothless ; no teeth on palate. Lower jaw toothed; coronoid bone 
mt. Pelvis present, consisting of ilium, pubis, and ischium ; 
the latter forming a ventral symphysis; a rudimentary femur. 
Body covered with uniform cycloid scales ; eyes under the shields. 
Africa, South-western Asia, Southern North America, Tropical 
America. 
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