2 SYNOPSES AND DESCRIPTIONS. 
SCOLECOPHIDIA. 
SCOLECOPHIDES. 
Dumeril & Bibron, 1844. 
Body elongate cylindrical; head short, indistinct; tail short, thick. 
Eyes imperfect, in some species invisible, covered by the ocular shields. 
Mouth small, inferior. Ligamentary attachments of the bones of the head 
possessing but little elasticity. No fold under the chin, Teeth few, on 
either the upper jaw or the lower, none on the palate. Tongue forked, 
exsertile. Scales smooth, imbricate, similar on back and belly. 
Found under rocks or pieces of wood, or in the earth, where they bur- 
row to feed on worms, larvie of insects, ete, 
TYPHLOPIDAE. 
TYPHLOPIN AE. 
Teeth in the upper jaw 
TYPHLOopPs. 
STENOSTOMIN AE. 
Teeth in the lower jaw; 
crown-shields resembling those of the 
colubers ANOMALEPIS. 
crown-shields scale-like 
STENOSTOMA. 
TYPHLOPIDAE. 
Fitzinger, 1826. 
TYPHLOPIN AE. 
TYPHLOPS. 
Schneider, 1801. 
Teeth on the upper jaw. Rostral shield well developed, reaching the 
upper part of the snout. Nasal vertical, divided or entire. Crown with 
scales similar to those of the back. Labials four, rarely three, anterior 
small. Hab. All tropical and subtropical regions. 
TYPHLOPS LONGISSIMUS. 
OPHTHALMIDION LONGIssimuM Dum. & Bibr., 1844, Erp. Gén. VI, 263. 
TypHtops LonGissrmus Jan, 1861, Arch. per la Zoil. I, 182. 
Body long, slender, cylindrical; head depressed, rounded; tail short, 
rounded at the extremity, armed with a small spine. Rostral linguiform. 
