A NEW BLIND SNAKE FROM THE DUKE OF YORK ISLAND — WAITE. 69 
A NEW BLIND SNAKE from the DUKE of YORK 
ISLAND. 
By Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., 
Zoologist, Australian Museum. 
The species herein described, is represented by two specimens, 
collected, together with other material, in the Duke of York Island, 
by the Rev. George Brown, D.D., and forwarded to the Museum 
many years ago. For this snake I propose the name of — 
Typhlops subocularis, sp. nov. 
Habit stout, of even thickness. Head flat, much depressed. 
Snout prominent, with a rather acute, but not sharp, edge. 
Rostral above, very narrow, about one-sixth the width of the 
head, reaching but little more than half-way to the level of the 
eyes ; the portion visible from beneath somewhat longer than 
broad ; nasal incompletely divided, the fissure extending from the 
anterior portion of the second labial. Nostrils inferior, preocular, 
but little narrower than the ocular, separated from the labials by 
one scale, ocular separated by two scales. Four upper labials, 
the anterior three very narrow. The mandible is /^-shaped, the 
symphysis very acute, and the scales adjoining the labials oblique. 
Diameter of the middle of the body thirty times in the total 
length. Tail longer than broad, terminating in a large thorn- 
like spine. Thirty-six (specimen A.) or thirty-four (specimen B.) 
scales round the middle of body. 
Colours . — In spirits, dark brown above, yellow beneath, the 
two areas strongly marked, line of union interrupted. 
Dimensions . 
A. (Type). B. 
Total length ... 
3600 mm. 
280-0 
Length of head 
7-5 „ 
6-0 
Width of head 
9-0 „ 
7*5 
Width of body 
121 „ 
9-2 
Length of tail 
17-3 „ 
7-8 
Width of tail 
H-5 „ 
6-5 
Habitat . — Duke of York Island. Two specimens. 
Type . — In the Australian Museum, Sydney. 
