2. TYPHLOPS. 47 



A. Yellow or pale olive above, the scales with dark borders forming 



more or less regular longitudinal lines. (T. mucruso.) 



"■ Ad. Mouth of the Zambesi. Capt. Bedingfield [P.]. 



b-d. Hgr. Zambesi. Su- J. Kirk fCl. 



e-f. Hgr. & yg. Zanzibar. Sir J. Kirk [0.]. 



ff. Hgr. (imper- E. Africa. Capt. Speke fP.]. 

 feci). 



B. Intermediate between A and C, the dark longitudinal lines being 



distinct but with the addition of irregular small dark brown 

 spots. 



h. Kgr. Angola. Lieut. Cameron [P.]. 



C. Yellowish above, with irregular blacKish or dark brown blotches. 



(T. variws.) 



J-?. Hgr. Zanzibar. Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 



m. Hgr. Delagoa Bay. S.African Museum [P.]. 



73. Typhlops anomalus. 



Onychocephalus anomalus, Bocage, Jom. 8c. lAsb. iv. 1873, p. 248, 



pi. i. fig. 3. 

 ? Typhlops (Onychocephalus) crassatus, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. 



Frmnde, 1881, p. 50. 



Snout very prominent, with sharp cutting edge and inferior 

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

 nasal semidivided, the suture proceeding from the lateral border of 

 the rostral ; prseocular much narrower than the ocular ; eyes distinct, 

 below the suture between the prseocular and the ocular j four upper 

 labials. Diameter of body about 20 times in the total length ; tail 

 broader than long. 28 to 30 scales round the body. Uniform 

 brown above ; sides and lower parts yeUow. 



Total length 188 millim. 



South-west Africa (Mossamedes ; Loango ?). 



74. Typhlops scMnzi. 



Typhlops (Onychocephalus) schinzi, Boettg. Ber. Sertck. Ges. 1887, 

 p. 154, pi. V. fig. 1. 



Snout strongly hooked, with sharp cutting edge and inferior 

 nostrils. Rostral large, but not extending posteriorly to the level 

 of the eyes ; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the first 

 labial ; prseocular present, narrower than the nasal or the ocular, 

 in contact with the third labial ; eyes distinct ; upper head-scales 

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

 of body 45 times in the total length ; tail as long as broad, ending 

 in a spine. 26 scales round the middle of the body, 28 behind the 

 head. Yellowish, above with small black spots. 



Total length 226 millim. 



Forth Kalahari. 



