TYPHLOPS, 103r 



as broad, ending in a spine. 22 scales round the bod}'. Blackish 

 above, each scale with a yellowish spot, or yellowish or pale 

 brownish with dark brown longitudinal lines ruuning between 

 the sei'ies of scales ; head and lower parts vellowish white. 



Total length 480 miliim, 



Malay Peninsula, where it is generally distributed, and the 

 Archipelago. 



109. Typhlops b.raminus. 



Enjx hrcmuhits, Daiid. Hist. Eept. vii, p. 279 (180-3). 



Typhlops braminus, Ciiv. 11. An. 2iid ed. ii, p. 73 (1829) ; Cantor, 

 Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xvi, p. 899 (1847); Giinth. Rept. 

 Brit. lud. p. 170, ])1. xvi, fig-. 1 (1864) ; Boulenor. Faun. Biit. Ind., 

 Eept. p. 236 (1890) ; id. Cat. Sn. i, p. 16 (1893). 



Snout rounded, moderately projecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral 

 narrow, its upper portion hardly one third the width ol; the head, 

 not extendiug quite to the level of the eyes ; nostril betweeii two 

 nasals, the anterior (lower) of which extends to the upper surface 

 of the head and is in contact interiorly with the prteocular ; 

 prseocular nearly as large as the ocular, in contact with the second 

 and third labials ; eyes distinct ; upper head-scales a little larger 

 than the scales on tlie body ; 4 upper labials. Diameter of body 

 35 to 55 times in total length ; tail as long as or a little longer 

 than broad, ending in a spine. 20 scales round the body. Brown 

 or blackish above, lighter beneath ; snout, anal region, and end of 

 tail usually whitish. 



Total length 175 niillim. 



AVidely distributed over Southern Asia and the islands of tlie 

 Indian Ocean ; also found in South Africa and in Mexico. 



The commonest Ti/phloj^s in the Malay Peninsula. 



110. Typhlops albiceps. 



Bouleng-. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) i, p. 124 (1898) ; S. Flower, 

 P. Z. S. 1899, p. 654, pi. xxxvii, fig. 1. 



Snout rounded, moderately projecting ; nostrils lateral. Eostral 

 two fifths the width of the head, extending to between the eyes ; 

 nasal incompletely divided, the cleft extending from the second 

 labial to a little beyond the nostril ; prseocular as broad as the 

 nasal or the ocular ; eyes just distinguishable ; praefroutal, frontal, 

 and interparietal moderately large, equal, slightly larger than the 

 supraocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; 4 upper 

 labials. Diameter of body 64 times in total length ; tail as long 

 as broad, ending in a spine. 18 scales round the body. Pale or 

 dark brown ; head, anal region, and end of tail whitish. 



Total length 128 miliim. 



Originally described from Siam. Has since been found in the 

 Larut Hills, Perak. 



