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more tlian one-third the width of the head, reachino- to the level of the eyes, the 

 lower part thistle-shaped, much longer than hroad : preocular verv wide, wider 

 than tlie ocular; labials large, wider than long; diameter of body 35 times in its 

 length. 



Colours. In spirits: pale olive abo\e and yellow below, the two areas 

 siiarply dclined. 



I.c/u/tli. 340 mm. 



Fig. 22. Head of T. lnhicilis. 



Type. In the Western Australian IMuseum ; one specimen. No. R. ^130. from 

 "Western Australia." 



Remarks. Most nearly allied to T. hatilliis. but ilitTers in the flat rounded 

 head (see definition p. 7). the shape of the rostral and its relative [jroportions 

 above and below ; the preocular is wider than the ocular ; the labials are wider 

 than long; in both characters T. labialis differs from all other Australian species. 



TYPHLOPS DIVERSUS Waite. 



Typlilops dk'crsiis Waite, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, (2) ix, 1S04. p. io.pl. i, 



figs. 4-6. Bouleng. Cat. Snakes, Brit. Mus. iii, 1896, p. 584. Lonnberg and 



Andersson. Vet. Akad. Handl. Hi, No. 3, 191 3, p. 12. 

 Typhlops aiiniiodytcs Montague, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1914. ]>• ''4^. pl- i. figs. 8-10. 

 Chart No. 4, and fig. 23. 



Nasal cleft to the preocular; scales in 20 rows. 



Jlcad rounded; snout evenly rounded; nostrils lateral, far removed from the 

 rostral, the cleft produced beyond the nostril, just on to the upper surface of the 

 head; rostral rather narrow, much longer than liroad, one-third the width of the 

 head, extending almost to the level of the eyes, lower part as long as broad; dia- 

 meter of l)0(ly 41 to 67 times in its length. 



l.ciujth. 300 mm. 



Type. In the Queensland Museum, from Morven, Queensland. 



