30 TTPHLOPIBJE. 



34. Typhlops kraalii. 



Typhlopa kraalii, Dona, Ann. Mus. Genova, vi. 1874, p. 347, pi. xii. 



Snout rounded, moderately projecting ; nostrils lateral. Eostral 

 about one third the width of the head, not extending quite to the 

 level of the eyes ; nostril between two nasals, the anterior in con- 

 tact with the first and second labials ; preeocular present, as broad 

 as the ocular, in contact with the third labial only ; eyes distinct ; 

 upper head-scales feebly enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of 

 body 40 to 42 times in the total length ; tail as long as broad, 

 ending in a spine. 24 to 26 scales round the body. Blackish 

 brown, lower surface of head and middle of belly yellowish. 



Total length 170 millim. 



Kei Islands. 



a- Ad. ? Kei Islands. Capt. Langen [P.J. 



35. Typhlops platycephalus. 



Typhlops platycephalus. Bum. %■ Bihr. vi. p. 293 (1844) ; Jan, Icon. 



Gen. p. 18, 1. 3, pis. iv. & v. fig. 8 (1864) ; Botileng. Proc. Zool. 



Soc. 1891, p. 352. 

 Ophthalmidion fusoum, A. Bum. Cat. MHh. Bept. p. 203 (1851). 

 Typhlops fuscus, Jan, op. cit. p. 22, 1. 5, pis. v. & vi. fig. 4. 



Snout rounded, rather depressed, strongly projecting ; nostrils 

 lateral. Eostral about one third the width of the head, extending 

 to the level of the eyes ; nostril between two nasals, the anterior of 

 which is in contact with the first and second labials ; prseocular 

 present, a little narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact 

 with the third labial only ; eyes distinct ; upper head-scales not or 

 scarcely enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 40 to 50 

 times in the total length ; tail as long as broad or a little longer 

 than broad, ending in a spine. 24 scales round the body. Blackish 

 brown above and below, uniform, or with a few of the scales of the 

 middle ventral row white ; lower surface of snout and anal region 

 usually white. 



Total length 360 millim. 



Dominica and Martinique. 



a. Ad. Dominica. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



h. Many specs. Dominica. G. A. Eamage, Esq. [C.]. 



c- Ad. Dominica. H. A. A. Nicholls Esq. [0]. 



