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Description of type-—Snout rounded in front, projecting; a 
distinct depression crossing head in region of eyes. Rostral nar- 
rowed at a point on snout between nostrils, distinctly longer than 
wide below; rostral little more than one-third the width of head; 
nasals not in contact behind rostral; rostral reaching level of eyes; 
prefrontal rather large, narrowly in contact with frontal; supra- 
oculars large, their lower end not touching eye; frontal slightly 
smaller than prefrontal, about the same shape; parietals round- 
ing, a little broader than deep, smaller than the supraoculars; 
interparietal enlarged; nasal not completely divided; the suture 
issues from the second labial, then makes a backward deflection, 
widening the anterior part of nasal; preocular narrowed above, 
reaching above level of eye, but scarcely reaching below level 
of nostril, abruptly widened below eye, its posterior suture not 
crossing eye; nasal is much wider than either preocular or 
ocular; a small subocular scale in contact with second and third 
labials; preocular touches second labial behind this intercalated 
scale; ocular widens abruptly on a level with eye; it extends 
higher than preocular; first labial elongate; second higher and 
shorter, of nearly the same bulk; third very large, three or four 
times as large as second, reaching to near the top level of nostril, 
larger and higher than fourth labial (third labial on one side 
is fused with subocular); three scales border ocular behind; 
eyes very small but distinct; nostril comparatively large; lower 
jaw very narrow, in its middle scarcely two-fifths the width of 
head. Tail ends in a blunt spine; twelve scales under tail in 
longitudinal line; snout projecting 2 millimeters. 
Color in alcohol.—Reddish brown, darker on posterior two- 
thirds of body; anterior part rather grayish brown. Head dis- 
tinctly marked with darker and lighter areas; snout yellowish. 
Below lighter yellowish, each scale with a slightly darker area. 
Measurements of Typhlops manile sp. nov. 
Total length (mm.) 280 
Tail (mm.) 5 
Width of tail (mm.) 5.2 
Width of body (mm.) 5 
Width of head (mm.) a 
Scale rows 
Remarks.—This unique specimen was found in the collection 
of the Santo Tomas University, Manila. The container was 
labeled “Filipinas” with no indication as to the locality from 
which it came. This species has no close affinities among other 
species of the genus in the Philippines as characterized by the 
