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«• Ad. Delagoa Bay. S. African Museum. 



b-c. Ad. & hgr. Lado. Dr. Emin Pasha [0.]. 



69. TypMops delalandii. 



Typhlops lalandii, Schleg. Ahhild. p. 38, pi. xxxii. figs. 17-20 (1844) ; 



Jan, Icon. G^n. p. 28, 1. 4, pi. iv. fig. 1 (1864). 

 Onychoceplialus delalandii. Bum. ^ Bibr. vi. p. 273 (1844) ; Smith, 



III. Zool. S. Afr., Sept. pi. li. fig. 1 & pi. liv. figs. 1-4 (1845) ; 



Peters, Mm. Berl. Ac. 1865, p. 262. 

 Onycliophis franHinii, Qray, Cat. Liz. p. 132 (1845). 



lalandii. Gray, I. c. 



? OnychopHs fordii, Gi-ay, I. c. p. 134. 



TypMops smitMi, Jan, op. cit. p. 27, 1. 1, pis. t. & vi. fig. 5 (1860). 



Snout very prominent, witli sharp cutting edge and inferior 

 nostrils. Eostral very large, extending to the level of the eyes, the 

 portion visible from below broader than long ; nasal semidivided, 

 the suture proceeding from the first labial ; prseocular present, 

 narrower than the nasal, about half as broad as the ocular, in 

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

 prsefrontal, supraoculars, and parietals usually subequal in size and 

 larger than the scales of the body ; four upper labials. Diameter 

 of body 35 to 50 times in the total length ; tail as long as broad, or 

 broader than long, ending in a spine. 28 to 30 scales round the 

 middle of the body, 30 anteriorly. Pale brown above, each scale 

 with a darker central spot, yellowish inferiorly. 



Total length 320 millim. 



South Africa. 



70. TypMops dinga. 



Onychocephalus dinga, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 620. 



schlegelii, part., Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1860, p. 82. 



Tyxihlops dinga, Peters, Reise n. Mossamh. iii. p. 98, pi. xiv. fig. 1 

 fepl.xiv. A. fig. 3(1882). 



Snout very prominent, with sharp cutting edge and inferior 

 nostrils. Rostral very large, extending to the level of the eyes, 

 the portion visible from below broader than long; nasal semi- 

 divided, the suture proceeding from the first labial ; prseocular 

 present, a little narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact 

 with the second and third labials ; eyes distinct ; prsefrontal and 

 supraoculars considerably larger than the scales on the body ; four 

 upper labials. Diameter of body 42 to 46 times in the total 



