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Tvplilops iiKiniatiis F,nu]i;uirei-. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6). i,.iS8S, 



p. .344. Papua. [2. 20 



Tyf'hinps i'ryciiiiis Werner, \'erh. Ges. W'ien, 1i. Kpi, p. 611, lig. — . 



Papua. [ f . 20 

 Tyf^hlops deprrxsicrps Sternfeld. Sitzb. Nat. Freunde. Berlin, 1913, 



p. 384. Papua. 



Tvhhlops dcprcssiis Peters, ^Ton. Akad. Rerl. 1S80, \>. 220. fig. — 



New Britain. \2. 22 

 Tvplilops siihonilaris W'aite, Rcc. Aust. Mus. iii. 1807, p. 60. figs. 1-3. 



New Britain. [2. 34-36 

 Tvplilops philococciis Werner, Zool. Anzeiger, 189S, p. 353. 



New Firitain. [2. 22 

 T^'phlops aliinisis Bcmlenger. Proe. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 336, pi. xxviii, 



lig. 2. Solomon Islands, Fiji. [2. 22 



'I'yphlops iiifniliibidlls Waite, antra, p. 35. Solomon Islands. [1. 26 



POLYNESIA. 



Tyf^hlops aciiticaiuia Peters, Mon. Akad. Berl. 1877, p. 416, fig. 2. 



Pelew Islands. [2. 24 

 Typhlops aiu/iisticrps Peters. Mon. Akad. Berl. 1877, p. 417, fig. 3. 



New Caledonia. | 1 . 20 

 Tvplilops zvilU-yi Boulenger, Zool. Results, 1900, p. 603, 4 figs. 



Loyalty Islands. [2. 22 



The type of T. angusticcps is said to be from New Caledonia, but in placing 

 this species as synonymous with T. olivaccus Gray, the locality was omitted from 

 the British Museum Catalogue ( i, p. 50); this may account for the fact that 

 Boulenger did not mention it when writing the note accompanying his description 

 of T. T^'illcyi: this reads as follows [I'ldc supra p. (104) : "Considering the general 

 distribution of the Typhlops, the fact of a species inhabiting the Loyalty Islands 

 is far less remarkable than the total absence of representatives in New Caledonia." 



Not having specimens for examination 1 am unable to offer more than a 

 hazard as to the association of T. anyttsticcps with T. olhaceus. but I would 

 suggest that they arc not synonymous, the former being characterized by having 

 20 and the latter 22 rows of scales round the body ; they are therefore here listed 

 separately. 



Since writing the foregoing I have received a letter from Dr. Boulenger, in 

 reply to my inquiry of January 7 last. As the reason for the omission of New 

 Caledonia as a habitat of a species of the genus is now made clear, I cannot do 

 better than publish the following extract from Dr. Boulenger's communication: 

 "It was intentionally that I alistained from including New Caledonia in the habitat 



