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the distance between the end of the snout and the fore limb is 

 contained once and a half in the distance between axilla and 

 groin. Snout very short, obtuselj acuminate. Lower eye- 

 lid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal ; no supranasal ; 

 prefrontal much broader than long, forming a suture with 

 the rostral and with the frontal ; latter shield as long as the 

 distinct frontoparietals, not larger than the interparietal ; 

 parietals forming a median suture posteriorly ; four pairs of 

 enlarged nuchals ; first upper labial largest, fourth below the 

 centre of the eye. Ear-opening circular, a little smaller than 

 the eye-openings without projecting lobules. Twenty-six 

 smooth scales round the middle of the body, those of the two 

 vertebral series transversely enlarged. A pair of enlarged 

 prasanals. Limbs widely separated when adpressed ; hind 

 limb as long as the distance between the commissure of the 

 mouth and the fore limb. Digits very short j fourth toe 

 longer than third ; subdigital lamellee smooth, ten under the 

 fourth toe. Tail thick. Brown above, closely spotted with 

 black on the back and lineolated on the sides ; yellowish in- 

 feriorly, throat with small black spots. 



miJlim. 



Total length (tail reproduced^ 88 



Head 9 



Width of head .5-5 



Body 32 



Fore limb 6 



Hind limb 9 



Camp of Sogere, in interior, 1750 feet above sea. A single 

 specimen. 



Typhlops inornatus. 



Body moderately elongate, of subequal diameter through- 

 out. Snout depressed, rounded. Nasal completely divided 

 by a suture, which touches the second labial j a praiocular, 

 larger than the ocular ; latter shield not touching any of the 

 labials ; eye just distinguishable, under the ocular ; rostral 

 rounded posteriorly, its length, as seen from above, nearly 

 equal to its width ; three scales on a transverse line between 

 the oculars. Twenty scales round the middle of the body. 

 Tail a little longer than broad at tlie base, ending in a spine. 

 Uniform black ; borders of mouth and end of tail yellowish. 



Total length 170millim.j diameter of body 4; length of 

 tail 5. 



Camp of Sogere. A single specimen. 



