TYPHLOPS. 241 



the prseocular and the ocular from the secoud and third labials ; 

 eye indistiuet ; upper head-scales a little larger tlian the sciiles on 

 tlie body ; -i upper labials. Diameter of body 43 to 60 times in 

 tlie total length ; tail a little longer than broad, ending obtusely, 

 without spine. 18 scales round the body. Brown above, snout 

 and lower parts yellowish. 



Total length o-o inches. 



Ilab. Ceylon. 



261. Typhlops andamanensis. 



Typlilops audamaueiisis, SIuUczIm, J. A. S. B. xl, 1871, p. 428, pi. xxv, 

 tigs, y-12 ; rheob. Cat. p. 124. 



Snout round, moderately prominent ; nostrils lateral. AVidth 

 of rostral above about one third the width of the head ; nostril 

 between two nasals, the anterior of which is small and in contact 

 with the hrst and second labials ; a supraocular, nearly as large as 

 the ocular ; both the latter shields separated from the labials by a 

 pair of suboculars ; eye indistinct ; upper head-scales scarcely 

 enlarged ; 4 upper labials. Diameter of body about 40 times in 

 the total length ; tail twice as long as broad, very obtuse and termi- 

 nating in a minute point. IS scales round the body. General 

 colour above shining deep brownish black, the base of the scales 

 being somewhat dull black ; sides viuaceous, paler on the lower 

 parts, which are throughout checkered with white ; mouth and the 

 tail below, including the tip, also mostly white. 



Total length about O-o inches. 



Jlah. Andaman Islands. Known from a single specimen, which 

 I have not seen. 



282. Typhlops temiicollis. 



Oiiychocephakis (Ophthahuidion) tenuicollis, Peters, MB. Ak. Bed, 



1864, p. 272, pl.^, Hg. 2. 

 Typhlops tenuicollis, Theob. Cat. p. 123. 



Snout round and moderately projecting ; nostrils inferior. 

 Kostral broad, its upper portion more than half as broad as tlie 

 head; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the second 

 labial ; a prasocular, aliout as large as the ocular ; eye not distin- 

 guishable ; pra^frontal and frontal very broad, broader than the 

 ocular and parietal ; 4 upper labials. Diameter of body 65 times 

 in the total length ; tail as long as broad, terminal scute obtusely 

 conical. 22 scales round the body. Olive-brown above, yellowish 

 beneath. 



Total length 14 inches. 



Said to be from the Himalayas. Unknown to me. 



283. Typhlops acutus. 



Onychocephalus acutus, Dmn. ^- Bibr, Erp. Gen. vi, p. 333 ; Gmith. 

 Rept. B. I. p. 177, pi xvi, fig. A ; Theob. Cut. p. 126. 



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