240 TTPHLOPID.I, 



278. Typhlops porrectus. 



Tvphlops tenuis (nun. Salv.), Jan. Icon. Ophicl. p. 10, 1. •!), pis. iv, v, 



•lig. 13. 

 Tvphlops porrectus, Stohczka, J. A. S. B. xl, 1871, p. 420, pi. xxv, 



'tigs. 1-4; nieoh. Cat. p. 124; manf. 2nd Yark. 3Ih-s., B.cpt. 



p. 21 ; Murray, Zool. Sind, p. -'574. 



Snout I'oimd and moderately projecting; nostrils lateral. Ros- 

 tral narrow, its upjier portion about one third the width of the 

 head, not extending quite to the level of the eyes, \\hich are very 

 indistinct ; nasal semidivided, the cleft extending from the second 

 labial to the nostril ; pra)0cular present, nearly as large as the 

 ocular ; ujjper head-scales a little larger than the scales on the 

 body; 4 upper labials. Diameter of body 70 to 90 times in the 

 total length ; tail a little longer tlian broad, ending in a spine. 

 18 scales round the body. Brown above, paler beneath : snout, 

 chin, and lower surface of tail white. 



Total length 8-5 inches. 



Ilah. Himalayas, Northern India, from Sind to Bengal, Deccan. 



27i». Typhlops theohaldiaims. 



Typhlops theohaldiaiuis, Stolkzka, J. A. S. B. xl, 1871, p. 429, pi. xxv, 

 hgs. J-8 ; Thevh. (Jut. p. 123. 



Snout round and strongly projecting ; nostrils lateral. Eostral 

 considerably more than one third (nearly half; the width of the 

 head, reaching very far back on the top of the head ; nasal semi- 

 divided, the cleft extending from the second labial to the nostril ; 

 a pncocular, nearly as large as the ocular ; eye ^ery indistinct ; 

 jjrasfroutal Aery slightly longer than frontal ; 4 upper labials. 

 Diameter of body about 70 times in the total length ; tail nearly 

 thrice as long as broad, terminating in an obtuse point, A\ithout 

 spine. 22 scales round tlie body. Greyish brown, slightly paler 

 below. 



Total length 14 inches. 



Hah. The single specimen known, wliich 1 luue not seen, is, 

 according to Stoliczka, in all probability from India, but without 

 any specified locality. 



28(1. Typhlops mirus. 



Typhlop-* minis, Jan. lain. Ophid. p. !», 1. 1, pis. v, vi, tig. 7; OiinUi. 

 lirpt. B. 1. p. 170, pi. xvi, tig. II ; Tlwoh. Cat. p. 120.' 



Snout round and moderately prominent ; nostrils lateral. Eos- 

 tral broad, about half the width of the head ; nostril between two 

 nasals, the anterior of which is small and in contact with the first 

 and second labials ; a pra^ocular, nearly as large as the ocular, 

 wliich is in contact with the fourth labial ; a subocular, separating 



