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width of the head, extending almost to the level of the eyes, its 
lower part longer than broad; nasal semidivided, the cleft pro- 
ceeding from the first labial and extending to the upper surface of 
the snout; preocular narrower than the ocular; eyes distinct; 
parietals as large as supraoculars; four upper labials. Diameter of 
body 35 times in the total length; tail not longer than broad, 
ending in a small spine. 20 scales round the body. Brownish 
olive to greyish brown above, each scale margined with yellow; 
lower surfaces yellow. 
Total length 405 millim. 
New South Wales and Victoria. 
Add +. Page 49. Typhlops unguirostris. 
Typhlops unguirostris, Waite, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. (2) ix. 
894, p. 11; Bouleng. t. ¢. p. 719. 
The specimen referred to 7. ungwrostris belongs to a distinct 
species :— | 
78a. Typhlops waitii. 
Typhlops waitii, Bouleng. 1. c. p. 718. 
" Nasal cleft proceeding from the second labial (from the first in 
T. unguirostris) ; 22 scales round the body (24 in 7. wnguirostris). 
Add :— Page 49. Typhlops affinis. 
Typhlops affinis, Warte, J. c. p.11; Bouleng. 1. c. p. 719. 
Page 52. Add a species :— 
85 a. Typhlops somalicus. 
See somalicus, Bouleng. Proc. Zool, Soc. 1895, p. 536, pl. xxx. 
git. 
Snout very prominent, obtusely pointed, with sharp cutting edge 
and inferior nostrils. Head-shields granulated; rostral very large, 
its upper portion a little longer than broad, its lower portion as 
broad as long; nasal completely divided, the cleft proceeding from 
the second labial; prxocular present, nearly as large as the 
ocular, in contact with the second and third labials; ocular in 
contact with the third and fourth labials ; eyes not distinguish- 
able; preefrontal and supraoculars transversely enlarged. Diameter 
of body 90 times in total length; tail a little broader than long, 
ending in a small spine. 24 scales round the body. Pale olive, 
head yellowish. e 
Total length 450 millim. 
Western Somaliland. 
a, Ad. ~ Beearso. Dr. Donaldson Smith [P.}, 
(Type.) 
