796 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATUEAL-.HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol.XVUI. 



Family — Typhlopidje. 

 Typhlops wilsoni, spec. nov. 



A single specimen. 



Description. — Costals. — 2 heads lengths from head 24, midbody 24, 

 2 heads lengths before anus 22. Rostral. — About one-third the breadth 

 of the head, not reaching as far back as the eyes, in contact with the 

 internasal. Nasals. — Just fail to meet behind rostral. The nostril is 

 lateral; an upper suture passes towards but fails to meet the rostral, 

 the lower suture passes to the 2nd labial. Prceocular. — Touches the 

 2nd and 3rd labials, and the subocular. Ocular. — Separated from 

 labials by a subocular. The eyes are distinct, and their diameter about 

 half the ocular shield. Supraoculars. — Just fail to meet. The inter- 

 nasal, frontal, and supraocular shields subequal, and smaller than the 

 occipitahj and parietals which are subequal. Labials. — Four. Snout 

 rounded. Length 1 foot 1| inches, i.e., 38 times the diameter at mid- 

 body. Tail with a single small spine directed downwards, and slightly 

 backwards. Colour. — Uniform dirty brown. 



I attach Lieutenant Wilson's name to this interesting addition to 

 our Asian ophifauna. 



Family — Glauconiid^e. 

 Glaucoma macrorhynchus. 

 A single specimen of this little known snake. 



Eeference to Mr. Boulenger's Catalogue (Vol. I, p. 62) shows that 

 the habitat " Euphrates " was dubious. This specimen now clears up 

 any doubt as to this locality. It agrees with Mr. Boulenger's descrip- 

 tion excepting in the width relative to the length. I find this taken 

 laterally is contained 81 1 times in the total length (Blgr. 113 times). 

 In case there should be any confusion in identification I attach an- 

 other description. 



Rostral. — Very much broader than one-third the width of the 

 head ; reaching back to a line connectiug the anterior edges of the 

 eyes; in contact with the frontal behind. Nasals. — Reaching to the 

 labial margin. Nostrils lateral ; an upper suture passes from them 

 to the rostral ; a lower to the 1st labial. Ocular descends to the 

 lip between the 1st and 2nd labials. Eye very black, about half 

 the ocular shields in diameter. Frontal and Supraoculars. — Sub- 

 equal. Postoculars. — Twice as broad as the height of the 2nd labial. 



