2. TYPHLOPS. 35 



Typhlops nigrescens, Jan, op. cit. p. 13, 1. 9, pi. i. fig. 1 ; McCoy, 



Prodr. Zool. Vict. pi. ciii. (1886). 

 riippelli, Jan, op. cit. p. 14, 1. 9, pi. i. fig. 2. 



Snout prominent, rounded ; nostrils inferior. Eostral about half 

 the width of the head, extending to the level of the eyes; the 

 portion visible from below longer than broad ; nasal incompletely 

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

 surface of the snout ; prseocular present, narrower than the nasal 

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

 distinguishable ; prsefrontal, supraoculars, and parietak considerably 

 enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 31 to 50 times in 

 the total length ; tail once and one fourth to twice as long as broad, 

 ending in a spine. 22 scales round the body. Brown or dark olive 

 above, the scales edged with lighter ; white inferiorly. 



Total length 435 millim. 



Timor ; North and East Australia. 



a. Ad. Queensland. H.M.S. 'Challenger.' 



b. Hgr. Queensland. Col. Beddome [0.]. 

 e-e. Ad. N. S. Wales. ' G. Kreffl, Esq. [0.]. 

 f. Hgr. Sydney. 



5-. Hgr. Paramatta, N.S.Wales. A. G. Butler, Esq. [P.]. 



A. Hgr. Paramatta, N.S.Wales. G. Newport, Esq. [P.]. I Types of 



i. Hgr. Australia. Lord Derby [P.]. ) A. nigrescens. 



47. Typhlops reginae. (Plate III. fig. 1.) 

 Typhlops reginae, Bouleng. Ann. 8f Mag. N. S. (6) iv. 1889, p. 362. 



Snout prominent, rounded ; nostrils inferior. Rostral nearly 

 half the width of the head, not extending to the level of the eyes ; 

 the portion visible from below longer than broad ; nasal incompletely 

 divided, the cleft extending from the first labial to the upper surface 

 of the snout ; preeocular present, nearly as broad as the nasal or the 

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

 guishable ; prsefrontal, supraoculars, and parietals much enlarged ; 

 four upper labials. Diameter of body 37 to 50 times in the total 

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

 round the body. Greyish olive above, whitish inferiorly. 



Total length 410 milhm. 



Queensland. 



a-e. Ad. & hgr. Queensland. Col. Beddome [C.]. (Types.) 



48. Typhlops australis. 



Anilios australis, Crray, Cat. Liz. p. 135 (1845). 



Typhlops preissi, Jan, loon. GSn, p. 15, 1. 1, pi. v. fig. 2 (1860). 



australis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1865, p. 268, pi. — . fig. 3. 



Snout very prominent, rounded ; nostrils inferior. Eostra 1 arge, 

 about three fifths the width of the head, the upper part as long as 

 broad, not extending to the level of the eyes ; nasal semidivided. 



