590 ADDENDA AND COREIffENDA. 



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 85 b. Typhlops prsBOCularis. 



TypUops prseocularis, Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mm. xvi. 1894, 

 p. 709. 



Snout very prominent and pointed, but not hooked, with sharp 

 cutting edge ; nostrils inferior, between two large nasals almost at 

 the point where the internasal suture joins the rostral ; rostral very 

 large, about two thirds the width of the head, the portion visible 

 from below broader than long ; a prseocular, not in contact with 

 the labials ; no suboculars ; ocular in contact with nasal below prse- 

 ocular, reaching lip behind second labial ; eyes indistinguishable ; 

 four upper labials. Diameter of body at the middle 67 times in the 

 total length, the body growing thicker posteriorly ; tail very short, 

 wider than long, ending in a spine. 24 or 26 scales round the 

 body. Uniform pale brownish grey. 



Total length 340 millim. 



Leopoldville or Stanley Pool, Congo. 



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87 a. Typhlops bisubocularis. 

 Typhlops bisubocularis, Boettg. Zool. Ana. 1893, p. 336. 



Very closely allied to T. andamanensis, but anterior upper head- 

 scales broader and nearly twice as long as the scales on the body. 

 Diameter of body 44 times in total length ; length of tail once and 

 a half its width. Dark grey, the scales with lighter edges ; snout, 

 chin, end of tail, and a pair of anal spots white. 



Total length 131 millim. 



Western Java. 



^^^ . Page 55. Typhlops lumbriciformis. 



b. Ad. Fwambo, Brit. 0. Africa. E. Carson, Esq. [C.]. 



^^^ . Page 56. Typhlops tmitaeiiiatus. 



b. Hgr. Kibroezi, E. Africa. Dr. J. W. Gregory [P.]. 



^^^ . Page 57. TypMophis squamosus. 



a. Ad. Para. Dr. E. A. Goldi [P.]. 



b. Ad. Brazil. 



^^^ Page 62. Glauconia rostrata. 



Stenostoma rostratum, Bocage, Herp. Angola, p. 62 (1895). 



