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Jerdon's type specimens in the British Museum. The smal- 

 lest specimen of the three exactly corresponds with Jerdon's , 

 the two others are of a larger size and have lost the dis- 

 tinct markings of the young specimens. They have never- 

 theless retained the characteristic longitudinal stripes on 

 the chin. 



Typhlops hfttininus Daud. 

 From Coonoor. 



Geophis nticrocephaltts Gthr. 



A uniform brown variety , collected near Madras, Only 

 on the underside of the head and neck a little white is 

 visible. 



Cotnpsosotna hodgsoni Gtbr. 



A young and an adult specimen from Simla. In the 

 young specimen alternating brown and black transverse 

 bands are present: the latter caused by coloration of the 

 margin of the scales. 



Pttfus tnucosus L. 



One very large specimen from Simla. 



Xftntenis diadema Scbleg. 



Four specimens from Sind, three of which have not the 

 characteristic row of scales under the eye, a defect which 

 I similarly noticed in a specimen of Z. diadema from Sou- 

 thern Persia now in the British Museum. That collection 

 moreover contains several specimens of Z. diadema from 

 India not yet noticed in the Catalogues hitherto published. 



Xatnenis hitnalatjanus Steindachner. 



One specimen (most probably from Simla, the exact 



indication was unfortunately lost) of this rare snake which 



I had occasion to compare with the specimens preserved 



in the British Museum. A specimen of Bufo vulgaris was 



N'otes from the Leyden IMuseutn, Vol. IV. 



