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large, about half the width of the head, the portion visible from 

 below nearly as long as broad ; nasal incompletely divided, the cleft 

 proceeding from the iirst labial ; prseooular present, a little narrower 

 than the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the second labial only ; 

 eyes just distinguishable ; upper head-scales enlarged ; four upper 

 labials. Diameter of body 23 to 30 times in the total length ; tail 

 a little broader than long, ending in a spine. 24 scales round the 

 body. Bluish or greyish, anal region yellowish. 



Total length 160 millim. 



Mozambique. ^ 



58. TypMops blanfordii. ' (Plate II. fig. 5.) 

 Typhlops eachrichtii {non Schkff.), Blanf. Qeol. 8r Zool. Abyss, p. 457 

 blanfordii, Boulmg. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (6) iv. 1889, p. 363. 



Snout very prominent, depressed, rounded, with inferior nostrUs. 

 Kostral large, more than half the width of the head, extending to 

 between the eyes, the portion visible from below nearly as long as 

 broad ; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the first labial ; 

 prseooular present, much narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in 

 contact with the second and third labials ; eyes distinct, below the 

 prseooular and the ocular ; prsefrontal much enlarged, supraoculars 

 and parietals feebly enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 

 40 times in the total length ; tail broader than long, ending in a 

 spine. 30 scales round the body. Olive-grey, basal half of each 

 dorsal scale blackish ; a narrow whitish strip along the middle of 

 the lower surface. 



Total length 320 millim. 



Abyssinia. 



a. Ad. Senafg, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. (Type.) 



59. Typhlops boettgeri. (Piate II. fig. 6.) 



Snout very prominent, depressed, with obtusely angular horizontal 

 edge and inferior nostrils. Eostral large, more than half the width 

 of the head, not extending to between the eyes, the portion visible 

 from above as broad as longj nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding 

 from the second labial ; prseooular present, much narrower than the 

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

 eyes distinct, below the ocular ; prsefrontal scarcely enlarged, supra- 

 oculars and parietals a little larger ; four upper labials. Diameter 

 of body 44 to 50 times in the total length ; tail as long as broad, 

 ending in a spine. 20 or 22 scales round the body. Colourless. 



Total length 220 millim. 



Madagascar. 



a-e. Ad., hgr., & yg. S.W. Madagascar. Mr. Last [0.]. 



