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short and feeble, but overlapping when brought together ; digits 
covered with transverse plates above and below ; claws short ; 
preanals enlarged ; no preanal pores ; insertion of abdominal 
fold from a transverse line on the abdomen, extending dorsad 
and caudad to the dorsal edge of the root of the tail ; the caudo- 
femoral fold forming a broad loop-like band arising from an inferior 
and a superior origin on the side of the root of the tail, and loosely 
investing the proximal part of the thigh ; there is also an inner 
fold rising from a separate origin on the tail covering the outer 
side of the thigh and ending free within the outer fold. Scale 
rows, 21 ; length of head and body, 38 mm ; tail, 31 ; head, 8 ; 
hind foot, 12. Above reddish brown, beneath dull yellowish 
brown. One example in al. Habitat uncertain, but believed to 
have been brought from one of the Solomon Islands by some person 
on board a " labour " vessel, who sent it without information 
or making himself known. 
On Typhlops terresianus Blgr. 
The fact that this blindworm is in the British Museum Cata- 
logue of Snakes placed next to T. ligatus Pet. seems to show that 
in the opinion of the learned author the two are closely allied. 
From data now accessible it is not impossible that a knowledge of 
more than the two Murray Island specimens named by him 
torresianus might have caused him to hesitate before separating 
them from T. ligatus. Queensland examples of T. torresianus 
were identified by Mr. Waite in 1895, and since that date several 
others have been received from the north of the State. The result 
of an examination of the whole series leads one to doubt whether 
they are really distinct from T. ligatus. 
The synoptical characters of the two spacies are : — 
24 scale rows round the body; nasal cleft 
proceeding from the first labial . . ligatus 
22 scale rows round the body ; nasal cleft 
proceeding from the second labial . . torresianus 
To these we may add : — 
Tail one and half times as long as broad . . ligatus 
Tail rather longer than broad . . . . torresianus 
Having nine specimens to deal with, I find that of these — 
5 have 24 scale rows and the nasal groove from the first 
labial ; these correspond so far with ligatus, but they 
have the tail of torresianus 
2 have 22 scale rows and the groove to the second labial ; 
these correspond so far with torresianus, but they 
have in one case the tail of torresianus, in the other 
of ligatus. 
2 have 22 scale rows and the groove to the first labial, 
and both have the tail of torresianus. These fail 
to correspond with either species. 
