48 TTPHL0PIDJ3. 



75. Typhlops curvirostris. 



T3'plilops curvirostris, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 776, pi. — . 

 fig. 5. 



Snout very prominent, hooked, vrith obtusely angular horizontal 

 edge and inferior nostrils. Eostral large, its upper part a little 

 longer than broad and not extending back to the level of the eyes ; 

 lower portion of the rostral a httle longer than broad ; nasal nearly 

 completely divided, the cleft proceeding from the first labial ; pree- 

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

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

 parietals broad ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 42 or 43 

 times in the total length ; tail nearly as long as broad, ending in a 

 small spine. 24 scales round the body. Brown above, each scale 

 with a light transverse streak anteriorly ; snout and lower parts 

 yellowish white. 



Total length 210 millim. 



Queensland. 



a. Ad. Rockhampton. 



76. Typhlops hicolor. 



Onychocephalus bicolor, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1860, p. 81. 

 Typhlops bicolor, Jan, Icon. Q4n. p. 31, 1. 4, pis. iv. & v. fig. 3 

 (1864). 



Snout very prominent, with sharp cutting edge and inferior 

 nostrils. Eostral large, its upper part about half the width of the 

 head, not extending to the level of the eyes, its lower part as broad 

 as long ; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the second 

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

 in contact with the second and third labials ; eyes distinct ; parietals 

 broad ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 30 to 34 times in 

 the total length ; tail a little longer than broad, ending in a small 

 spine. 22 scales round the body. Brown or dark olive above, 

 whitish inferiorly. 



Total length 330 millim. 



Southern Australia (Melbourne and Adelaide) and West Australia. 



a. Hgr. W. Australia. Mr. Duboulay [0.]. 



6. Ad. Australia. 



77. Typhlops bituberculatns. 



Onychocephalus bituberculatns, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 233, 

 and 1867, p. 708, pi. — . fig. 4. 



Snout very prominent, with sharp cutting edge and a knob-like 

 prominence above the nostrils, which are inferior. Rostral large, 

 more than half the width of the head, not extending to the level 

 of the eyes ; nasal incompletely divided, the cleft proceeding from 

 the second labial; prseooular present, much narrower than the 



