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Show 536 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON REPTILES AND [June 18, SNAKES. 27. T Y P H L O P S SOMALICUS, sp. n. (Plate X X X . 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; praeocular presentl, 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 distinguishable ; 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 millim. A single specimen, Beearso, 19.12.94. Most nearly allied to T. crossi, Blgr., from the Lower Niger. 28. BOODON LINEATUS, D. & B. Three specimens. Sheikh Husein, 25.9.94 ; between Fehja and Tooloo, 24.11.94. The largest, a male, has two praeoculars on the left side and one on the right, and 27 scales across the body. The two others, young, have a single praeocular and 29 and 31 scales respectively. 29. LYCOPHIDIUM ABYSSINICUM, Blgr. Sheikh Husein, 8.10.94. A single specimen, 185 millim. long. Ventrals 203; subcaudals 31. 30. Z A M E N I S SMITHI, sp. n. (Plate X X X . fig. 2.) Snout obtuse, feebly projecting. Rostral once and a half as broad as deep, the portion visible from above measuring one fourth its distance from the frontal; internasals as long as the praefrontal; frontal broader than the supraocular, once and two fifths as long as broad, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal longer than deep; one praeocular, in contact with the frontal, with one or two sub-oculars below it; two postoculars; temporals 2 + 2; nine (exceptionally ten) upper labials, fifth and sixth (or sixth and seventh) entering the eye ; four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields; posterior chin-shields as long as or longer than the anterior and separated from each other by two series of scales. Scales smooth, in 21 rows. Ventrals very obtusely angulate laterally, 180-185; anal divided; subcaudals 100. Uniform pale buff above, pinkish on the sides; a greyish blotch below the eye and another across the temple; white beneath. Total length 560 millim.; tail 170. Two specimens, male (V. 180; C. 100) and female (V.. 185; C.?). Shebeli, 23.8.94; 16.1.95. 1 Absent on the left side, by anomalous fusion, |