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iluced sli,<jlitly licyond tlie iKistril. liut mil (liviilinf,r the nasal: rostral lialf the 

 w iiitji of the iu-ad. projtctiii.y; and narrowed in front, not reacliins^ to the le\el (jf 

 tile eyes, the lower part a little lonjijer than Inoad. eontraeted lietween the nostrils: 

 liianieter of Ixidy 42 to (u times in its leni,nh. 



/.ciK/tli. (no mm. 



7'y/i<'. In the Berlin Museum, from Kockhampton, Queensland, 



RajKjc. !^peeiniens examined from the type loeality and Darwin, Northern 

 Territory: e.xamples labelled jNlallee, N'ietoria, and Lvndoeh X'allew South Aus- 

 tralia, are indistinguishable from the nortliern forms. 



Ronarks. It is to he noted that the deseription in tiie ISritish Museum 

 Catalogue ( i, p. 49), under the name T . iiiu/iiirostris. is a composite one and is 

 emendeil in a succeeding volume (iii, p. ^X<)). 



TYPHLOPS LIGATUS Peters, 



Ty/^hlof's ligatiis Peters, Men. Akad. Berl. 1879, p. 775, fig. 3. W'aite, Rcc. .Aust. 



.Mus. ii, 1S93, P- 57- Bonleng, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. i, 1893. p. 34. 

 'J'yplilol's ciirfiis ( )gilhy. Ree. .\ust. Mus. ii, 1892, p. 23. 

 Chart No. 3 and fig. 11, 



Nasal cleft to first laliial : scales in 24 rows. 



Head rounded: snout e\enlv and lilinitl\- rounded: n(.istrils inferior, the 

 cleft median, produced beyond the nostril far on to the upper surface of the snout, 

 nearly dividing the nasal : rostral \erv narrow, forming a liand at least twice as 



Fig. 11. Head of T. lifiiitiis. 



long as broad, a fourth, more or less, the width of the head, reaching to the level 

 of the eyes, the lower part also longer than broad; diameter of body 2^ to t,7 

 times in its length. 



Lciiijth. 485 mm. 



'F\'pc. In the Berlin Museum, from Mackay, Queensland. 



Kaiujc. Queensland, New .^outh Wales, X'ictoria. 



Remarks. The rostral is narrower than in any other Australian species. 



