2. TYPHLOPS. 



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36. Typhlops lumbricalis. 



Broim, Jamaica, p. 460, pi. xliv. flg. 1 (1766). 

 Anguis lumbricalis, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 391 (1766). 



iamaicensis, Shaw, Zool, iii. p. 588 (1802). 



Typhlops lumbricalis, Oppel, Ordn. Mept. p. 56 (1811) ; Bam. ^ 



Bibr. vi. p. 287 (1844) ; Gosse, Nat. 8oj. Jamaica, p. 262 (1861) ; 



Jan, Icon. GSn. p. 12, 1. 3, pis. iv. & v. fig. 4 (1864) ; Peters, Mon. 



Berl. Ac. 1865, p. 262. 



einereus, Gu6r. Icon. R. A., Rept. pi. xviii. fig. 2 (1838). 



cubee, Bibr. in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Erp. p. 204, 



pL xxii. (1843). 



ricbardii, Dum. 8^ Bihr. t. c. p. 290 ; Jan, I. c. p. 16, fig. 7. 



Anilios leaohii, Gray, Cat. liz. p. 135 (1845). 



Meditoria nasuta. Gray, I. c. p. 139. "^ 



Typhlops sulcatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. PMlad. 1868, p. 128. 



Snout rounded or subacuminate, ratber depressed, strongly pro- 

 jecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral bardly one tbird tbe 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 ; 

 praeoc^dar present, nearly as broad as the ocular (sometimes trans- 

 versely divided into two), in contact with the third labial only ; eyes 

 distinct ; upper head-scales not or scarcely enlarged. Diameter of 

 body 34 to 40 times in tbe total length ; tail as long as broad or a 

 little longer than broad, ending in a spine. 20 or 22 scales round 

 tbe body. Brown above, yellowish inferiorly. 



Total length 320 miUim. 



West Indies ; Guiana. 



a. Ad. 



b-g. Ad. & yg. 

 h. Ad. 

 i-h. Ad. 

 . Several specs., 



ad. & bgr. 

 m-n. Ad. & bgr. 

 0. Yg. 

 p. Hgr. 

 q. A.d. 



r-s. Ad. 



Cuba. 



Jamaica. 



Bluefields, Jamaica. 



Hayti. 



S. Thomas. 



S. Thomas. 

 Antigua. 

 Barbados (?). 

 Berbice. 



P. H. Gosse, Esq. [P.]. 

 P. H. Gosse, Esq. [P.]. 

 Hr. RoUe [0.]. 

 Hr. Riise [0.]. 



H.M.S. ' ChaUenger.' 

 Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



Lady Essex [P.]. (Type 

 of M. nasuta.) - 

 (Types of A. leachii.) 



37. Typhlops exiguus. 



Typhlops exiguus, Jun, Icon. G4n. p. 9, 1. 3, pis. iv. & v. fig. 11 

 (1864). 



Snout round, feebly projecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral about 

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

 eyes ; nostril between two nasals, the anterior in contact with the 

 first and second labials ; prseocular present, narrower than the 

 ocular, in contact with the third labial only ; eyes distinguishable ; 

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



