236 XTPIILOPID^;. 



Synoprit of Indian, Ceylonese, and Burmese Species. 



A. Snout rounded ; nostrils lateral. 



. No subocular, ocular in contact with 



3rd and 4th labials. 

 a'. Nasal completely divided into two. 

 a". 18 or 20 scales round body. 



n. Anterior nasal in contact with 

 praeocular ; posterior nasal sepa- 

 rated from its fellow by prse- 



f rental T. braminus, p. 236. 



/3. Anterior nasal separated from 

 prseocular by posterior nasal, 

 which forms a suture with its 

 fellow on upper surface of head . '/'. beddomH, p. _?-">7. 

 b". 22 scales round body. 



a. Upper part of rostral about -J- 



width of head T. leucomelas, p. 237. 



#. Upper part of rostral hardly ^ 



width of head T. jerdoni, p. 238. 



b'. Nasal nearly completely divided ; 24 



or 20 scales round body. 

 a". No pits under snout. 



a. Upper part of rostral hardly 



width of head T. oatesii, p. 238. 



j3. Upper part of rostral about 5 



width of head T. diardi, p. 238. 



b". A pair of pits under snout T. bothriorhynchus^. 239. 



c'. Nasal semidivided. 



o. 18 scales round body T. porrectm, p. 240. 



ft. '1'2 scales round body ; tail more 



than twice as long as broad .... T. theobuldiantts, p. 240. 

 It. A subocular, separating ocular from 

 3rd labial ; nasal completely divided ; 

 18 scales round body. 



'. Ocular in contact with 4th labial . . T. mints, p. 240. 

 b'. Ocular separated from labials by 2 



suboculars T. undamanensis, p. 241. 



B. Snout rounded ; nostrils inferior ; nasal 



semidivided ; 22 scales round body .... T. tenuicoUis, p. 241. 



C. Snout pointed and hooked, with sharp 



horizontal edge and inferior nostrils ; 

 latter touching rostral ; 28 to 30 scales 

 round body T. acutus, p. 241. 



271. Typhlops braminus. 



Rtissell, 2nd. Serp. i, pi. xliii. 

 Eryx braminus, Daud. Rept. vii, p. 279. 



Typhlops braminus, Cm: Reyne. An. 2nd ed. ii, p. 73 ; Dum. fy Bibr. 

 " Erp. Gen. vi, p. 309; Cantor, J. A. S. B. xvi, 1847, p. 899; Jan, 



Icon. Ophid. p. 12, 1. 3, pis. iv & v, fig. 1(5 ; Giinth. Rept. B. I. 



p. 175, pi. xvi, fig. I ; Blanf. J. A. S. B. xxxix, 1870, p. 370; 



Stolickza, J. A. S. B. xl, 1871, p. 425 ; Theob. Cat. p. 125 : Murray, 



Zool. Sind, p. 374. 



Typhlops tenuis (non Salv.}, Giintli. Rept. B. I. p. 176, pi. xvi, fig. C. 

 Typhlops pammeces, Giinth. op. cit. p. 444 ; Theob. Cat. p. 125. 



