ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 589" 



width of the head, extending almost to the level of the eyes, its- 

 lower part longer than broad ; nasal semidivided, the cleft pro- 

 ceeding from the first labial and extending to the upper surface of 

 the snout ; praeocular narrower than the ocular ; eyes distinct ;. 

 parietals as large as supraoculars ; four upper labials. Diameter of 

 body 35 times in the total length ; tail not longer than broad, 

 ending in a small spine. 20 scales round the body. Brownish 

 olive to greyish brown above, each scale margined with yellow j 

 lower surfaces yellow. 



Total length 405 millim. 



New South Wales and Victoria. 



^^3; Page 49. TypMops unguirostris. -v^-^' i '^ • 



TypKlops unguirostris, Waite, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. (2) ix, 

 1894, p. 11 ; Bmdeng. t. c. p. 719. 



The specimen referred to T. unguirostris belongs to a distinct 

 species : — 



78 a. Typhlops waitii. 



Typhlops waitii, Bouleng. I. c. p. 718. 



Nasal cleft proceeding from the second labial (from the first in 

 T. unguirostris) ; 22 scales round the body (24 in T. unguirostris). 



^^^ . Page 49. Typhlops aflfinis. 



Typhlops affinis, Waite, I. c. p. 11 ; Bouleng. I. c. p. 719. 



Page 52. Add a species : — 



85 a. Typhlops somalicus. 

 Typhlops somalicus, Bmileng, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 536, pi. xxx. 

 fig. 1. 



Snout very prominent, obtusely pointed, with sharp cutting edge 

 and inferior nostrils. Head-shields granulated ; rostral very large, 

 its upper portion a little longer than broad, its lower portion as 

 broad as long ; nasal completely divided, the cleft proceeding from 

 the second labial ; prseocular present, nearly as large as the 

 ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; ocular in 

 contact with the third and fourth labials ; eyes not distinguish- 

 able ; praefrontal and supraoculars transversely enlarged. Diameter 

 of body 90 times in total length ; tail a little broader than long, 

 ending in a small spine. 24 scales round the body. Pale olive, 

 head yellowish. 



Total length 450 miUim. 



Western Somaliland. 



a. Ad Beearso. Dr. Donaldson Smith [P.]. 



(Type.) 



