32 XTPHXOPID^. 



about 60 times in the total length ; tail once and a half as long as 

 broad, ending in a spine. 18 scales round the body. Yellowish 

 above, white inferiorly. 



Total length 135 miUim. 



East Indies. 



38. TypMops csecatus. 



Typhlops csecatus, Jan, Icon. Qki. p. 9, 1. 3, pis. iv. & v. fig. 2 

 (18G4). 



Snout round, feebly projecting ; nostrils lateral. Eostral about 

 one third the width of the head ; nostril between two nasals, the 

 anterior in contact with the first and second labials ; praeocular 

 present, nearly as broad as the ocular, in contact with the third 

 labial only ; eyes hidden ; upper head-scales enlarged ; four upper 

 labials. Diameter of body 40 times in the total length ; tail 

 broader than long, ending in a spine. 18 scales round the body. 

 Brown, paler inferiorly ; snout and lower surface of tail white. 



Total length 147 millim. 



Gold Coast. 



39. Typhlops cuneirostris. 



Typhlops cuneirostris, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 775, pi. — . 



fig. 4. 



Snout very prominent, much depressed, cuneiform, with rounded 

 edge and inferior nostrils. Rostral narrow, hardly one third Jihe 

 width of the head, not extending tp the level of the eyes ; nasal 

 incompletely divided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; 

 praeocular present, narrower than the nasal, as large as the ocular, 

 in contact with the second and third labials ; eyes distinct ; supra- 

 oculars and parietals larger than the scales on the body ; four 

 upper labials. Diameter of body about 30 times in the total length ; 

 tail broader than long, ending in a spine. 22 scales round the 

 body. Dorsal scales edged with brown, the edges forming eight 

 longitudinal dark lines on the body : lower parts white. 



Total length 146 mUlim. 



Brava, Somaliland. 



40. Typhlops verticalis. 



Onychocephalus verticalis. Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. pi. liv. 



(1846). 

 macrurus, Peten, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1860, p. 78, pi. — , and 1865, 



p. 263. 



Snout moderately prominent, rounded ; nostrils inferior. Rostral 

 about three fifths the width of the head, not extending to the level 

 of the eyes ; nasals nearly meeting behind the rostral, semidivided, 

 the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; praeocular present, 



