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rostral about half the width of the head, widest medially, extending nearly to the 

 level of the eyes, the lower jjarl broader than long; diameter of body 22 to 32 

 times in its length. 



Length. 4S5 mm. 



I yfc. In the South .\ustralian Museum, from South Australia. 



Raiiyc. The headquarters of the species apjiears to be the extreme south- 

 western corner of the Continent, whence I have c.\;unine(l many specimens. One 

 example (the type) is from South ,\ustralia and one from the Malice district of 

 \'ictoria. 



Remarks. The very stout habit is almost characteristic of T. piiujuis; from 

 its allies, T. broomi and T. ■iciedii. it differs also in its large size and angular 

 snout ; further, the former has distinct colour stripes and a completely divided 

 nasal, and in the latter the nasal cleft extends on to the upper surface of the 

 snotit. 



TYPHLOPS BROOMI Boulenger. 



Tv/'/'/o/'.f broomi Bouleng. Ann. Mag. Nat. Mist. (71. ii, 1898. p. 414. 

 Chart No. 3 and fig. iCi. 



Nasal cleft to second labial; scales in 20 rows. 



Mead rounded, snout evenly rounded, very blunt ; nostrils inferior ; nearer to 

 the rostral than to the preocular, the cleft just visible from above, where it joins 

 the rostral, dividing the nasal; rostral subcircular, a little longer than broad, 

 reaching to the level of the middle of the eyes, the lower jjart quadrangular, 

 wider than long. Diameter (.)f body 38 to 55 times in its length. 



Fi". 16. Head of 7". broomi. 



C(iloiir.s. ^'ellow, witli ele\en reddish-brown streaks on the upper surface. 

 f.ni(/tli. H)2 nun. 



I'vpr. In the P>ritish Museum, from Muldixa, near Cairns, Queensland. 

 R(Uii/r. ( )f fi\-e specimens examined, one is from Cairns, close to the type 



