2. TTPHLOPS. 21 



13. TypMops comorensis. (Plate II. fig. 1.) 



TypUops comorensis, Bouleng. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (6)j iv. 1889, 

 p. 361. 



Snout depressed, rounded, strongly projecting ; nostrils lateral. 

 Eostral two fifths the width of the head, extending to the level o 

 the eyes ; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the second 

 lahial ; prseocular present, as broad as the octilar, in contact with 

 the second and third labials; eyes distinct; tipper head-scales 

 feebly enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 54 times in 

 the total length ; tail once and a half as long as broad. 20 scales 

 round the body. Dark brown ; labial and anal regions yellowish. 



Total length 245 millim. 



Comoro Islands. 



a. Comoro Islands. Sir J. Kirk [0.]. (Type.) 



14. Typhlops socotranus. (Plate II. fig. 2.) 



Typhlops socotranus, Bouleng. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (6) iv. 1889, 

 p. 362. 



Snout rounded, very prominent ; nostrils lateral. Rostral about 

 one third the width of the head, not extending to the level of the 

 eyes; nasal incompletely divided, the cleft proceeding from the 

 second labial ; preeocular present, broader than the nasal or the 

 ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; eyes distinct ; 

 upper head-scales slightly enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter 

 of body 37 to 50 times in the total length ; tail as long as broad, 

 ending in a spine. 24 scales round the body. Whitish, with pale 

 brown lines running between the dorsal series of scales. 



Total length 200 millim. 



Socotra. 



a-S. Ad. Socotra. Prof. I. B. Balfour [C], (Types.) 



15. Typhlops vermicularis. 



Anguis lumbricalis {non Linn.), Daud. Sept. vii. p. 308 (1803). 

 Typhlops vermiciJaris, Merr. Tent. p. 158 (1820) ; Berth. Abh. Ges. 



Wiss. Ootting. i. 1843, p. 52, pi. i. figs. 1-3 ; Bum. Sr Bibr. vi. 



p. 303 (1844) ; Jan, Icon. Gin. p. 18, 1. 3, pis. iv. & v. fig. 3 



(1864) ; Straueh, ScM. Ituss. iJ. p. 25 (1873) ; Boettg. Zool. Jahrb. 



iii. 1888, p. 920. 

 — — flavescens, Bibr. Sr Bory, ExpM. Mor6e, Zool. p. 72, pi. xiii. 



fig. 3 (1833); Sehleg. AbbUd. p. 37 (1844). 

 Argyrophis vermicularis, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 137 (1845). 

 Typhlops syriacus, Jan, op. cit. p. 15, 1. 3,, pis. iv. & v. fig. 5 ; Lortet, 



Arch. Mus. Lyon, iii. 1883, p. 183, pi. xix. fig. 1. 

 persicus, Blanf. Ann. 8/- Mag. N. H. (4) xiv. 1874, p. 34, and 



Zool. E. Pers. p. 399, pi. xxvii. fig. 5 (1876). 

 lumbricalis, Sehreib. Herp. Eur. p. 315 (1876). 



