336 MR. G. A. BOULKNGER ON THE [Mar. 15, 



one of the specimens, which has a very smnll shieLJ ahove it) ; 

 rostral foriiiiiig a hroad, strai<;ht suture with the frontonasal, whicl) 

 is much broader tlian Ions; ; prpe'roiitiils torminu: a median suture ; 

 frontrd much narrowc<l |)0>tcriorl\ , as lonjjas or shorter than fronto- 

 pariftiils and iiiter|iarietal together, in cont:ict with the first and 

 second supraoculars; four supraoculars, first longest; eight or nine 

 supraciliaries, first largest ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, 

 former lunger than latter ; parietals forming a suture beliind the 

 interparietal; no enlarged nuchals ; fiftl) upper Inhial largest and 

 beJow tlie centre of the eye. Kar-opening ov;d, nearly as hirge astiie 

 eve-opening ; no auricular lobules. Scales smootii, or dorsals and 

 laterals indistinctly ))luricarinate, laterals smallest; 40 scales round 

 the middle of the bo<ly. A pair of enhtrged pr?e:inals. The hind 

 limb readies the elbow of tlie adpressed fore limb or tlie axilla. 

 Digits rather elongate, slightly compressed ; subdigital lamellae 

 suiooth, 2-' to 25 under the fourth toe. Tail once and a half the 

 length of head and bodv. Dark biown ahove, with strong metfiUie 

 gloss: back black-spotted; sides witii black and wliitish spots 

 elegantly arranued ; a black band on each side of the head, passing 

 tiiroi.gli tlie eve ; sometimes a large, blark, vvhitp-ed:;ed spot on eacb 

 side of the neck ; lower surlaees brownish white, clouded or longi- 

 tudinally streaked with darker. 



millim. 



Total length 130 



Head l^ 



Width of head 9 



Body 49 



Fore limb 17 



Hind limb 27 



Tail (reproduced) 68 



Four specimens from Faro Island. 



Lygosoma albofasciolatum, Gthr. 

 Faro Island. 



Typhlops ALTJENsis, sp. 11. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 2.) 



Body much elongate, of subequal diameter throughout. Snout 

 depressed, rounded. Nasal comjiletely divided ; a prreocular 

 separates the nasal from the ocular, which rests on the third and 

 fourth upper labials ; eye very distinct ; the so-called rostral rounded 

 posteriorly, its width about three fifths the distance between the eyes ; 

 a small azygos shield separates the lostral from the mouth. 22 

 scales round the middle of tlie body. Tail comparatively long, twice 

 and one third as long as broad at the base, tapering, ending in a 

 spine. Brown above, yellowish inferiorly ; upper head-shields edged 

 with yellowish. 



Total length 245 millim. ; diameter of body 4 ; length of tail 10. 



A single specimen, from Alu, Shortland Islands. 



