xi^PHLOPID^. 3 



The lettering of the bones is the same in all the figures of skulls 

 in this -work, and reads as follows : — 



an. Angular, 



ar. Articular. 



ho. Basioccipital. 



bs. Basisphenoid. 

 cor. Ooronoid. 

 c.a. Columella auris; 



d. Dentary. 



eo. Exoccipital. 

 epg. Ectopterygoid. 



/. Frontal. 



m. Maxillary. 



n. Nasal. 



p. Parietal. 



pi. Palatine. 

 pm. Prsemaxillary. 

 prf. Prsefrontal. 

 pro. Prootic. 

 pg. Pterygoid. 

 ptf. PoBtfrontal. 

 q. Quadrate. 

 so, Supraoccipital. 

 sor. Supraorbital. 

 sp. Splenial. 

 ste. Supratemporal. 

 tu. Turbinal. 

 V. Vomer. 



Fam. 1. TYPHLOPIDiE. 



Anguiformes, part., Oppel, Ordn. Mept. p. 49, 1811. 



ImbricatsB, part., Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 610. 



Angiostomata Typhlopina, J. MuUer, Zettsahr. f. Physiol, iv. p. 269, 



1831. 

 Scol^copHdes Typhlopiens, Bum4ril Sr Bibrcm, Erp. O&n. vi. p. 256, 



1844. 

 Typhlopsidffi, part., Ch-ay, Cat. Liz. p. 130, 1845. 

 Opot^rodontes Epanodontiens, Dumiril, M&m. Ac. 8c. xxiii. p. 422, 



1853. 

 Typhlopidse, part., Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 9, 1863. 

 Scolecopbidia, Cope, Proc. Ac. PhUad. 1864, p. 230. 

 TyphlopidEB, Oiinther,_ Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 170, 1864. 

 TypHopes, Peters, Sitz. Ges. natwf. Fr. 1881, p. 68, and Reise n. 



Mossamb. in. p. 90, 1886. 

 Typhlopidae, Cope, Proa. Amer. Philos. Soc. xxiii. p. 481, 1886. 

 Typhlopidse, Boulenyer, Faun. Ind., Sept. p. 234, 1890. 



Cranial bones solidly united ; no ectopterygoid ; pterygoid not 

 extending to quadrate or mandible ; no supratemporal ; prasfrontal 

 forming a suture with nasal; maxillary loosely attached, with a 

 few teeth disposed transversely to the axis of the skull ; no teeth on 

 palate. Mandible edentulous ; coronoid bone present. Vestiges 

 of pelvis, reduced to a single bone on each side. Body covered with 

 uniform cycloid scales ; eyes under the shields. 



South Europe ; South Asia ; Africa ; Australia ; Tropical 

 America. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 

 I. Head with- large shields. 

 A pair of large prsefrontals and a frontal ; nostril between two 

 small nasals. . 1. Helminthopliis, p. 4. 



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