2. TYPHLOPS. 53 



tail twice as long as broad, very obtuse and terminating in a minute 

 point. 18 scales round the body. General colour above shining deep 

 brownish black, the base of the scales being somewhat dull black; sides 

 vinaceous ; paler on the lower parts, which are throughout checkered 

 with white ; mo uth and the tail below, including the tip, also mostly 

 white. 



Total length 165 millim. 



Andaman Islands. 



88. TypHops ater. 



Typhlops ater, Schleg. Abbild. p. 39, pi. xxxii. figs. 29-31 (1844) ; 

 Ihim. 8r Bibr. vi. p. 312 (1844) ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1866, 

 p. 263, pi. — . fig. 4 ; Peters 8f Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, xiii. 

 1878, p. 386. 



Anilios ? ater, Grmj, Cat. Liz. p. 136 (1845). 



Snout rounded ; nostrils lateral. Eostral elongate, oval, extending 

 to the level of the eyes ; nasal completely divided, the cleft pro- 

 ceeding from the second labial ; a praeooular, separated from the 

 labials by a subooular; ocular in contact with third and fourth 

 upper labials ; eyes distinct, under the suture between the prseocular 

 and the ocular ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 68 times in 

 the total length ; tail about twice as long as broad, with a very 

 small spine. 18 scales round the body. Black above, reddish 

 brown inferiorly ; lower surface of head and anal region white. 



Total length 136 miUim. 



Java ; Ternate. 



89. Typhlops disparilis. 



Typhlops dioparilis, Jan, Icon. Ohi. p. 8, 1. l,pls.v. & vi.%. 6 (1860). 

 Diaphorotyphlops disparilis, Peters, Sitz. Oes. naturf. Fr. 1881, 

 p. 70. 



Snout round, moderately prominent; nostrils lateral. Eostral 

 narrow, extending to the level of the eyes ; nostril between two 

 nasals, the anterior of which is small and in contact with the first 

 and second labials ; a prfeocular, larger than the ocular, in contact 

 with the second and third labials ; a subocular, separating the ocular 

 from the labials ; eyes distinguishable ; upper head-scales sHghtly 

 enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body about 50 times in 

 the total length ; tail as long as broad, ending in a spine. 18 scales 

 round the body. Uniform brownish. 



Total length 300 millim. 



Hah. ? 



90. Typhlops microstomus. 



Typhlops microstomus, Cope, Proc, Ac. Philad. 1866, p. 125 ; Bo- 

 court, Miss. 8c. Mex., Bept. p. 600 (1882). 



Snout rounded, flattened and very prominent ; nostrils lateral. 

 Praeocular present, broader than the nasal, in contact with the second 

 labial ; a subocular, separating the ocular from the labials ; eyes 



^ 



