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TTPHLOPID^. 



111. Typhlops bothriorhynchus. 



Giinth, Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 174, pi. xvi, fig. G (1864) ; Bouleng-. 

 Faun. Brit. Ind., Eept. p. 239 (1890) ; id. Cat. Sn. i, p. 23 (1893). 



Snout rounded and strongly projecting ; nostrils lateral ; a 

 rounded concavity on each side below the nostril, and two others, 

 less marked, on the third labial and on each side of the rostral. 

 Eostral narrow, its upper portion about one third tlie width of the 

 head, extending to between the eyes : nasal nearly completely 

 divided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial and passing 

 through the subnarial pit ; a pr^eocular, nearly as large as the 

 ocular ; eyes distinct ; upper head-scales a little longer than the 

 scales on the body ; 4 upper labials. Diameter of body 30 times 

 in total length ; tail about as long as broad, ending in a spine. 

 24 scales round the body. Dark brown above, paler beneath. 



Total length IfiO millim. 



The type of this species is said to be from Penang (Cantor's 

 collection), but the species, which is known from the North- West 

 Provinces of India and Assam, has not been rediscovered in the 

 Malay Peninsula. 



1 12. Typhlops nigroalbus. 



Dum, & Bibr. Erp. Gen. vi, p. 20-5 (1844) ; Cantor, Journ. Asiat. 

 Soc. Bengal, xvi, p. 898 (1847) ; GUnth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 172, 

 pi. xvi. fig. r (1864) ; Bouleng. Cat. Sn. i, p. 24 (1893) ; Laidlaw, 

 P. Z. S. 1901, ii, p. 575. 



Snout rounded and strongl}'^ projecting ; nostrils lateral. Kostral 

 narrow, its upper portion about one third the width of the head, 



Fig. 29. — Ti/plilops nigroalhus. 



extending to between the eyes or not quite so far ; nasal nearly 

 completely divided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; a 

 prseocular, a little broader than the ocular, in contact with the 

 second and third labials; eyes distinct; upper head-scales con- 

 siderably larger than the scales on the body; 4 upper labials. 



