3. TYPHLOSAURUS. 433 
these are :—a frontal, nearly thrice as broad as long, and forming a 
broad suture with the rostral; an interparietal, a little narrower 
than and twice as long as the frontal; a pair of parietals, forming 
a short suture behind the interparietal. Eye scarcely distinguishable 
under a very small ocular, which is above the second labial 3 one 
shield (loreal) between the frontal and the first labial, and three 
(pree- and supraoculars) between the latter shield and the inter- 
parietal ; mental large, cordiform. Scales hexagonal, broader than 
long, the two median series broadest ; 14 scales round the middle 
of the body. Tail very short, ending in an obtuse point. Yel- 
lowish (?), with four longitudinal lines of confluent dots along the 
back and tail. 
From snout to vent 157 millim., tail 20. 
Cape of Good Hope. 
a, Ad. Cape of Good Hope. South-African Museum [P.]. 
2. Typhlosaurus aurantiacus. 
Typhline cuvieri (non Wiegm.), Bianconi, Spec. Zool. Mosamb., Rept. 
p- 27, pl. i. fig. 3. 
—— aurantiaca, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 620; A. Dum. Rev. 
et Mag. de Zool. viii. 1856, pl. xxi. fig. 3. 
Typhlosaurus aurantiacus, Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 88, 
pl. xiii. fig. 1. 
Snout conical, projecting. The length of the rostral equals about 
that of the other head-shields together; these are :—a frontal, at 
least twice as broad as long, and forming a broad suture with the 
rostral ; an interparietal, as broad and twice as long as the frontal ; 
a pair of large parietals, forming a suture behind the interparietal. 
Eye scarcely distinguishable, situated under the suture between an 
upper and a lower small ocular; two superposed preoculars; a 
supraocular; four small upper labials, first in contact with the 
lower ocular; mental very large, posterior border slightly emargi- 
nate and extending as far as the rostral. Scales more or less 
distinctly hexagonal, much broader than long, the two median dorsal 
series broadest, the two median ventral the narrowest ; 12 scales 
round the middle of the body. Tail very short, ending obtusely. 
Brownish white in spirit ; a brown spot on each side of the snout ; 
four longitudinal series of brown dots on the tail. The life-colora- 
tion is described by Peters as orange above, with reddish transverse 
spots on the borders of the scales, and with two to six more or less 
distinct longitudinal series of black dots; lower parts white, sometimes 
with black dots under the tail. 
Total length 170 millim., tail 27. 
Mozambique. 
a. Ad. Mozambique. Prof. J. J. Bianconi [P.]. 
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