2. TYPHLOPS. 19 



head, extending to between the eyes ; nostril between two nasals, 

 the anterior of which is in contact with the first and second labials 

 and extends to the upper surface of the head ; a prteocular, nearly 

 as large as the ocuhir, in contact with the second and third labials ; 

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

 the body ; four upper labials. Diameter of body '32 times in the 

 total length ; tail slightly longer than broad, ending in a point. 22 

 scales round the body. Blackish brown above, pure white in- 

 feriorly. 



Total length 130 millira. 



Ceylon. 



a. HaycDclc Mountain, 2000 ft., 40 miles from Col. Beddome [C] 



Point de Galle. (Type.) 



'J. TypMopsjerdoni. (Plate I. fig. 5.) 

 Typhlops jerdoui, Boulenxj. Faun, hid., Rept. p. 238 (1890). 



Snout rounded and moderately projecting ; nostrils lateral. 

 Rostral very narrow, its upper portion hardly one fourth the width 

 of the head, extending to the level of the eyes ; nostril between 

 two nasals, the anterior of which is in contact with the first and 

 second labials and extends to the upper surface of the head ; a 

 praeocular, nearly as large as the ocular, in contact with the seeead 

 .a»d third labialf ; eyes distinct ; supraoculars and parietals much 

 larger than the scales on the body ; four upper labials. Diameter 

 of body 37 to 46 times in the total length ; tail a little longer than 

 broad, ending in a spine. 22 scales round the body. Brown above, 

 lighter interiorly ; end of snout, anal region, and lower surface of 

 tail whitish. 



Total length 230 millim. 



Khasi Hills. 



a-c. Ad. & yg. Khasi Hills. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. (Types.) 



10. Typhlops porrectus. 



Typhlops tenuis (/(ojt Salv.), Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 10, 1. 3, pis. iv. & v. 



tig. 13 (1864). 

 porrectus, Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Ucnr/. xl. 1871, p. 426, 



pi. XXV. tigs. 1-4; Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 124 (1876); 



Blanf.'Ind Yark. Miss., Rept. p. 21 (J 878); Murray, ZooL Sind, 



p. 374 (1884) ; Buuleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 240 (1890). 



Snout round and moderately projecting ; nostrils lateral. Eostral 

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

 not extending quite to the level of the eyes, which are very in- 

 distinct ; nasal semidivided, the cleft extending from the second 

 labial to the nostril ; praeocular present, nearly as large as the 

 ocular; ujjper head-scales a little larger than the scales on the 

 body ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 70 to UO times in the 



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