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3. TYPHLOPHIS. 



Cephalolepis (non Safin.), Bum. ^ Bibr. vi. p. 314 (1844) ; Jan, 



Icon. GSn. Ophid. p. S3 (1864). 

 Typhlophis, Peters, Sitzb. Oes. naturf. Freunde, 1881, p. 69. 



Head covered with uniform small scales; nostril between two 

 very small nasals ; rostral very small, not extending to the upper 

 surface of the snout. 



Brazil and Guiana. 



1. Typhlophis squamosus. 



TypMops squamosus, ScMeg. Abbild. p. 36, pi. xxxii. fiprs. 9-12 



(1844). 

 Cephalolepis leucocephalus, D?<nj. ^ Bibr. H. p. 315 (1844); Jan, 



op. eit. 1. ], pis. v. & vi. flg. 11 (1860) 



Anilios? squamosus, Gray, Cat. Jviz. p. 136 (1845). 

 Typhlophis squamosus, Peters, I. c. 



Snout rounded, feebly projecting. Eyes distinguishable. Dia- 

 meter of body about 40 times in the total length ; tail as long as 

 broad, eading in a spine. 24 scales round the body. Brown or 

 black ; snout and end of tail yellowish. 



Total length 130 millim. 



Brazil and Guiana. 



Fam. 2. GLAUCONIID.ffi. 



Scol^cophides Catodoniens, Dum4ril 8r Bibron, JErp. GSn. vi. p. 317, 



1844. 

 Typhlopsidse, part. (Glauconiiua), Grai/, Cat. Lis. p. 130, 1845. 

 Opot^rodontes Catodoniens, DumMl, Mem. Ac. Sc. xxiii. p. 423, 



1853. 

 Typhlopsidse, part., Jan, Elenao sist. Ofid. p. 9, 1863. 

 Catodonta, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1364, p. 230. 

 Stenostomi, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Freunde, 1881, p. 68, andReise 



n. Mossamb. iii. p. 100, 1882. 

 Stenostomidss, Cope, Proa, Amer. Philos. 8oe. xxiii. p. 481, 1886. 

 Glauconiidse, Boulenger, Faun. Ind., Bspt. p. 242, 1890. 



Cranial bones solidly united ; no ectopterygoid ; pterygoid not 

 extending to quadrate or mandible ; no supratemporal ; prsefrontal 

 forming a suture with nasal; maxillary bordering the mouth, 

 forming a suture with the prsemaxUlary, praefrontal, and frontal, 

 toothless ; no teeth on palate. Lower jaw toothed ; coronoid bone 

 present. Pelvis present, consisting of ilium, pubis, and ischium ; 

 the latter forming a ventral symphysis ; a rudimentary femur. 

 Body covered with uniform cycloid scales ; eyes under the shields. 



Africa, South-western Asia, Southern North America, Tropical 

 America. 



