TYPHLOPS. 



27 



once and a half as long as broad, ending in a spine. 24 scales round 

 the body. Brown above, yellow inferiorly. 



Total length 123 miUim. 



Pelew Islands. 



27. TypMops aluensis. 



TypHops aluensis, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 836, pi. xxviii. 

 fig. 2. 



Snout depressed, rounded, strongly projecting ; nostrils lateral. 

 Nostril between two nasals, the anterior in contact with the first 

 and second labials ; rostral about two fifths the width of the head, 

 not extending quite to the level of the eyes ; proBooular present, as 

 broad as the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; 

 eyes distinct ; upper head-scales scarcely enlarged ; four upper 

 labials. Diameter of body 60 times in the total length ; tail twice 

 and one third as long as broad, ending in a spine. 22 scales round 

 the body. Brown above, j'ellowish inferiorly. 



Total length 245 miUim. 



Solomon Islands. 



a. Ad. ? Alu, Shortland Islands. C. M. Woodford, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type.) 



28. Typhlops schneideri. 



TypHops schneideri, Jan, Icon. G4n. p. 20, 1. 9, pi. i. fig. 3 (1864). 



Snout round, moderately projecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral 

 about one third the width of the head; nasal semidivided, the cleft 

 proceeding from the second labial; praeocular present, nearly as 

 large as the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; 

 eyes hidden ; upper head-scales strongly enlarged ; four upper 

 labials. Diameter of body 26 times in the total length ; tail broader 

 than long, ending in a spine. 26 scales round the body. Olive 

 above, yellowish inferiorly. 



Total length 230 miUim. 



Bangkok, Siam. 



29. TypMops reticulatus. 



Anguis reticulata, linn. S. K i. p. 391 (1766) ; Schneid. Hist. 



Imph. ii. p. 325 (1801) ; Baud. Rept. vii. p. 324 (1802). 



rostralis, Weigd, Schrift. Berl. naturf. Ges. iii. 1782, p. 190. 



Typhlops crococatus, Schneid. I. c. p. 340. 

 Anguis naautus, Gmel S. N. i. p. 1120 (1788). 



rostratus, Baud. I. c. p. 316. 



Typhlops lumbricalis, Sckleg. Ahbild. p. 85, pi. xxxii. %s. 1-4 



(1844). 

 reticulatus, Bum. Sr Bibr. vi. p. 282, pi. Ix. (1844) ; Jan, 



