2. TTPHLOPS, 33 



mucli narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the 

 second and third labials ; eyes distinguishable ; prsefrontal large, 

 supraoculars and parietals very broad ; four upper labials. Dia- 

 meter of body 42 to 45 times in the total length ; tail nearly twice 

 as long as broad. 22 scales round the body. Uniform brownish 

 yellow. 



Total length 170 millim. 



Interior of South Africa. 



a. Ai. S.Africa. Sir A . Smith [P.]. (Type.) 



41. Typhlops dep^essus. 

 TypUops depressus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1880, p. 220. 



Head much depressed, broader than the neck ; snout rounded ; 

 nostrils inferior. Eostral narrow ; nasal incompletely divided, the 

 cleft proceeding from the second labial ; prseocular narrower than 

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

 distinct ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 58 times in the 

 total length ; tail longer than broad, pointed. 22 scales round the 

 body. Dark brown above, yellowish inferiorly. 



Total length 235 millim. 



Duke of York Island. 



42. Typhlops longissimus. 



Ophthalmidion longissimum, Dum. 8f Bibr. vi. p. 263 (1844). 

 Typhlops longissimus, Jan, Icon. 04n. p. 21, 1. 5, pis. v. & vi. fig. 6 



(1864) ; Bocourt, Miss. iSc. Mex., JRept. p. 500, pi. xxix. flg. 11 



(1882). 



Snout rounded ; nostrils inferior. Eostral nearly half the width 

 of the head; 'nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the 

 second labial ; prseocular present, much larger than the ocular, in 

 contact with the second and third labials ; eyes invisible ; prse- 

 frontal and supraoculars much enlarged ; four upper labials. Dia- 

 meter of body about 50 times in the total length ; tail once and a 

 half as long as broad, ending in a spine. 22 scales round the body. 

 Uniform grey, end of snout yellowish. 



Total length 350 millim. 



Hah. ? 



43. Typhlops conradi. 



Typhlops conradi, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 162, pi. — . fig. 1. 



Snout rounded ; nostrils inferior. Eostral two fifths the width 

 of the head, extending nearly to the level of the eyes ; nasal semi- 

 divided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; prseocular 

 present, much larger than the ocular, in contact with the second and 

 third labials ; eyes distinguishable ; upper head-scales enlarged ; 

 four upper labials. Diameter of body 58 times in the total length ; 



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