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Tail short, pointed, bearing about lo complete rings ; its length 

 5-6 of its breadth at the base. 



Colouration. Dorsal surface slate-grey ; throat a little paler ; 

 lips narrowly pale; ventral surface of the body white blotched 

 with slate grey, becoming darker posteriorly; the white extending 

 for some distance up each fold on the side ; tail uniform slate-grey ; 

 a pale spot round the vent. 



Type No. 16707; Co-type No. 16695, Rept. Ind. Mus. 



Distribution. Coastal districts of the southern part of the 

 Malabar Zone. 



I have examined two specimens, one (the type) from Trichur 

 in Cochin, and the other from Kondatti in the S. Malabar district. 



Head of Uraeotyphhis menoni, sp. nov., with that of U. oxyurus (A) for 



comparison. 



Both were collected and presented to the Indian Museum by Prof. 

 K. Rammuni Menon of Madras. 



Uraeotyphlus menoni is closely related to U. oxyurus, from 

 which it differs in its shorter head, in the less numerous rings on 

 its body, in the more forward position of its nostril and in coloura- 

 tion. 



Uraeotyphlus oxyurus, D. & B. 



Numerous specimens from Cochin have recently been presen- 

 ted to the Indian Museum by Prof. K. Rammuni Menon. 



Herpele fulleri, Alcock. 



The type is numbered 14759 in our register of Reptiles and 

 Batrachia. No further specimens have been obtained. 



