34 trPHiopiD^. 



tail a little broader than long. 18 scales round the body. Brown, 

 somewbat lighter interiorly ; bead and end of tail wbite. 



Total length 175 millim. 



North Celebes. 



44. Typhlops ligatus. 



Typhlops ligatus, Peters, Mm. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 775, pi. — . fig. 3. 

 curtus, Bouglas Ogilby, Rec. Austral. Mus. ii. 1892, p. 23. 



Snout moderately prominent, rounded ; nostrils inferior. Eostral 

 narrow, band-like, not one third the width of the head, extending 

 to the level of the eyes ; nasal completely (or nearly completely) 

 divided, the cleft extending from the first labial to the upper sur- 

 face of the head ; prseocular present, slightly narrower than the 

 nasal or the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; 

 eyes distinguishable ; praefrontal, supraoculars, and parietals consi- 

 derably enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 25 (to 32) 

 times in the total length ; tail once and a half as long as broad, 

 ending in a spine. 24 scales round the body. Brown above, yel- 

 lowish inferiorly. 



Total length 250 miUim. 



Queensland. 



a. Ad. Eockhampton. 



45. Typhlops torresianus. (Plate II. fig. 4.) 



Typhlops torresianus, Boukng Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. (6) iv. 1889, 

 p. 362. 



Snout prominent, rounded ; nostrils inferior. Eostral about one 

 third the width of the head, not extending quite to the level of the 

 eyes ; the portion visible from below half as broad as long ; nasal 

 incompletely divided, the cleft extending from the second labial to 

 the upper surface of the snout; praeocular present, narrower than 

 the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; 

 eyes distinguishable ; prsefrontal, supraoculars, and parietals en- 

 larged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 40 to 43 times in the 

 total length ; tail a little longer than broad, ending in a spine. 22 

 scales round the body. Dark olive or brown above, the scales edged 

 with lighter ; whitish inferiorlv. 



Total length 400 millim. 



Murray Island, Torres Straits. 



a-b. Ad. & hgr. Murray Island. Eev. S. Macfarlane [0.]. (Types.) 



46. Typhlops polygrammicus. 



Typhlops polygrammicus, Schleg. Abbild. p. 40, pi. xxxii. figs. 35-38 

 (1844) ; Bum. Sf Bibr. vi. p. 302 (1844) ; Jan, Icon. GSn. p. 13, 

 1. 3, pis. iv. & V. fig. 9 (1864); Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1865, p. 262. 



Anilios nigrescens, Oray, Cat. Liz. p. 135 (1845). 



Argyrophis polygrammicus, Gi-ag, I. c. p. 138. 



