18 TYPHLOPID.E. 



half as long as broad, ending in a spine. 22 scales round the body. 

 Pinkish white, each scale reddish brown at the base ; end of snout 

 yellowish. 



Total length 150 millim. 



East Indies. 



6. Typhlops beddomii. (Platk I. fig. 3.) 

 Typhlops beddomii, Boulenrj. Faun, hid., Rept. p. 237 (1890). 



Snout round and moderately projecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral 

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

 not extending to the level of the eyes ; nostril between two nasals, 

 the anterior or lower of which is in contact with the first 

 and second labials, the upper forming a suture with its fellow 

 behind the rostral ; a prajocular, nearly as large as the ocular ; 

 eyes distinct ; upper head-shields a little larger than the scales on 

 the body ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 20 to 40 times in 

 the total length; tail a little longer than broad, not ending in 

 spine, the terminal scale obtusely conical. 18 scales round the bot"'^ 

 Brown above, lighter inferiorly ; usually a more or less distinct darkt^ '^^ 

 vertebral line ; end of snout and chin and anal region whitish. 



Total length 125 millim. 



Hills of Southern India. 



a-d. Ad. & Kimedy Hills, Vizagapatam Col. Beddome [C.].^ 



bgr. district. I 



e-i. Ad. & Anamallays, 2000-5000 ft. Col. Beddome [C.]. | 



hgr. ■' J> (Types.) 



k-1, in-n. Travancore Hills, 2500- Col. Beddome [C.]. 



Ad. & 3000 ft. 



7. Typhlops jagori. 

 Typhlops jagorii, Peters, Mon. Bevl. Ac. 1861, p. 684. 



Snout depressed, rounded ; nostrils lateral. Upper portion of 

 rostral elliptic, about half as broad as the head ; nasals in contact 

 behind the rostral ; proeocular present, in contact with the third 

 labial only ; praefrontal larger than thb frontal ; supraoculars 

 smaller than the parietals ; four upper labials, second twice as 

 large as first. 28 scales round the body. Deep black above, 

 yellowish inferiorly. 



Total length 220 millim. 



Luzon, Philippines. 



8. Typhlops leucomelas. (Plate I. fig. 4.) 

 Typhlops leucomelas, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 237 (1890). 



Snout rounded and moderately projecting ; nostrils lateral. 

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



