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slia])ed. about half the width of the head, reaching to the level of the eyes, the 

 lower part broader than long ; diameter of body ^4 to 4() times in its length. 



Lciujth. 4(10 mm. 



Type. In tlie Urilish Museum, from Western Australia. 



Fig. 20. Head of T. aiLstralis. 



Raiii/r. Southern Australia, absent from the coastal districts of New South 

 Wales and X'ictoria (8), common in South and Western Australia, and found at 

 Fraser Range and McMinns Creek, Central Australia. 



Remarks. LiJnnberg and Andersson describe a specimen from Perth, Wes- 

 tern Australia, remarking that it resembles T. aiistralis very much, but that "the 

 long tail prohibits the identification with that form." As previously stated in 

 this paper the length of the tail in the Typhlopidae is subject to considerable 

 variation within the limits of a species. In their description "prefrontal" should 

 be read for "preocular." 



TYPHLOPS WAITII Boulenger. 



Typhlops iiiigiiirostris (in part) Bouleng. Cat. Snakes, Brit. Mus. i, 1893. P- 49- 

 Typhlops waitii Bouleng. I'roc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, (2) ix, 1894, p. 718, and 



Cat. Snakes, Brit. AIus. iii, i8y6, p. 589. 

 Not charted. 



Nasal cleft to second labial ; scales in 22 rows. 



"Nasal cleft proceeding from the second labial (from the first in T. uiigui- 

 riKstris) : 22 scales round the body (24 in T. nnyuirostris) . Tail nearly as long 

 as broad." — Boulenger. 



Lcn</tli. 500 mm. 



Tvpc. In the British Museum, from N.W. Australia. — 



Remarks. The original description, al)o\e quoted, is insufficient to enable 

 me to publish the further essential characters of the species, or to ascertain in 



(8) Peters' record of "Melburn" is doubtless inexact. 



