20 TTPHlOPIDai. 



total length ; tail a little longer than broad, terminating in a spine. 

 18 scales round the body. Brown above, paler inferiorly ; snout, 

 chin, and lower surface of tail white. 



Total length 220 millim. 



Himalayas; India. 



,1. 



Dr. Leith [P.]- 

 Dr. Leith [P.], 

 H. S. Ferguson, Esq. [P.]. 



11. TypMops guentheri. 



Typhlops (Onychocephalus) guentheri, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1865, 

 p. 259, pi. — . fig. 1. 



Snout rounded, moderately projecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral 

 nearly half the width of the head, broadly truncate posteriorly, 

 extending to the level of the eyes ; nasal incompletely divided, the 

 cleft proceeding from the second labial ; prseocular present, nar- 

 rower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the second and 

 third labials ; eyes distinct ; prsefrontal much enlarged ; four upper 

 labials. Diameter of body 60- times in the total length ; tail 

 slightly longer than broad, ending in an obtuse point. 18 scales 

 round the body. Pale reddish brown above, whitish inferiorly ; 

 tail blackish. 



Total length 142 millim. 



North Australia. 



a. N. Australia. Dr. J. R. Elsey [0.]. (Type.) 



12. Typhlops leucoproctus. (Plate I. fig. 6.) 



Typhlops leucoproctus, Bouleng. Ann. & Man. N. S. (6) iv. 1889 

 p. 361. ' ^ I , 



Snout rounded, moderately projecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral 

 about one third the width of the head, extending to the level of the 

 eyes ; nasal neairly completely divided, the cleft proceeding from the 

 second labial ; prsocular present, a little narrower than the nasal 

 or the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; eyes dis- 

 tinguishable ; upper head-scales moderately enlarged ; four upper 

 labials. Diameter of body 40 to 65 times in the total length ; tail 

 once and a half to twice as long as broad, ending in a spine.' 20 

 scales round the body. Dark brown, somewhat lighter inferiorly ■ 

 labial and anal regions yellowish. ' 



Total length 220 millim. 



New Guinea and Queensland. 



a. Ad. Fly River, New Guinea. Rev. S. Macfarlane [C ] 1 



b-d. Ad. Murray Id., Torres Straits. Rev. S. Macfarlane [0.1. t fTvnp^ "i 



e. Ad. Queensland. '" "' j ^'"^^^O 



