36 TYPHIOPID^. 



the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; praeocular present, a 

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

 second and third labials ; eyes distinguishable ; preefrontal, supra- 

 oculars, and parietals considerably enlarged; four upper labials. 

 Diameter of body 33 to 37 times in the total length ; tail as long as 

 broad, ending in a spine. 22 scales round the body. Pale olive- 

 brown above, yellowish inferiorly. 



Total length 265 millim. 



West Australia. 



a-b. Ad. & hgr. W. Australia. (Types.) 



c. Ad. Swan River. 



49. TypMops wiedii. 



Typhlops wiedii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 24. 



Snout very prominent, rounded ; nostrils inferior. Eostral large, 

 three fifths the width of the head, extending nearly to the level of 

 the eyes, the portion visible from below longer than broad ; nostril 

 nearly completely divided, the cleft extending from the second 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 distinct; upper head-scales a little enlarged; four 

 upper labials. Diameter of body 42 to 67 times in the total length ; 

 tail as long as broad, or a little longer than broad, ending in a spine. 

 20 scales round the body. Buff above, yellowish inferiorly. 



Total length 290 millim. 



Queensland and New South Wales. 



a-f. Ad. & hgr. Queensland. 



g-m. Ad. New South Wales. Imperial Institute. 



50. Typhlops exocoeti. (Plate III. fig. 2.) 

 Typhlops exooceti, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. 8oc. 1887, p. 517. 



Snout depressed, rounded, strongly projecting ; nostrils inferior. 

 Eostral broad, upper portion broadest anteriorly, about half the 

 width of the head, extending to the level of the eyes ; nasal incom- 

 pletely divided, the cleft proceeding from tlie second labial ; a prae- 

 ocular, of about the same size as the ocular, in contact with the 

 second and third labials ; eyes distinguishable ; upper head-scales a 

 little larger than the scales on the body; four upper labials. 

 Diameter of body 58 to 66 times in the total length ; tail twice as 

 long as broad, ending in a spine. 20 scales round the body. Pale 

 brownish, each scale with a brown spot ; these spots largest and 

 darkest on the dorsal surface, where they form longitudinal lines. 



Total length 850 millim. 



Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. 



a-b. Ad. & hgr. Christmas Island. Capt. Maclear [P.], H.M.S. 



' Flying Fish.' (Types.) 



