'i'TPHLOPS. 



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1. Typhlops lineatus. 



Typlilops lineatus, Bote, Isis, 1827, p. 663; ScMeg. Abhild. p. 39, 



pi xxxii. figs. 82-34 (1844) ; Jan, Icon. Gin. p. 7, 1. 1, pis. v. & 



vi. fig. 9 (1860). 

 Pilidion lineatum, Dum.^JBibr. vi. p. 259 (1844) ; Cantor, Cat. Mai. 



Mept. p. 60 (1847). 

 TypUinalis lineatum, Oray, Cat. Liz. p. 134 (1846). 

 Typhlina lineata, Oiinth. Sept. Brit. Ind. p. 171, pi. xvi. fig. B 



(1864). 



Snout rounded, strongly projecting, flat inferiorly; nostrils 

 inferior. Rostral very large ; nasal semidivided, the cleft pro- 

 ceeding from tlie first labial ; a single large shield (the ocular) on 

 each side behind the nasal ; eyes hidden ; prsefrontal, supraoculars, 

 and parietals large, transverse; four upper labials. Diameter of 

 body 40 to 60 times in the total length ; tail about as long as 

 broad, ending in a spine. 22 scales round the body. Blackish 

 above, each scale with a yellowish spot; or yellowish or pale 

 brownish with dark brown longitudinal lines running between the 

 series of scales ; head and lower parts yellowish white. 



Total length 480 millim. 



Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



2. Typhlops unilineatus. 



Onychocephalus unilineatus, Bum. Sf Bibr. vi. p. 278 (1844). 

 Typhlops unilineatus, Jan, Icon. Oin. p. 29, 1. 4, pis. iv. & v. fig. 2 

 (1864). 



Snout strongly projecting, with angular horizontal edge ; nostrils 

 inferior. Eostral about half the width of the head ; nasal semi- 

 divided ; a single large shield (the ocular) on each side behind the 

 nasal ; eyes distinguishable ; upper head-scales scarcely enlarged. 

 Diameter of body about 50 times in the total length. 26 or 28 

 scales round the body. Olive-brown above, with a black vertebral 

 streak. 



Total length 310 millim. 



Cayenne. 



3. Typlilops melanocephalus. 



OathetorMnus melanocephalus, Bum. ^ Bibr. vi. p. 270 (1844) ; 



Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1865, p. 263, pi. — . fig. 6. 

 Typhlops melanocephalus, Jan, Icon. 6H. p. 8, 1. 1, pis. v. & vi. 



%. 8 (1860). 



