22 



TXPHLOPID^E. 



Snout depressed, rounded, strongly projecting ; nostrils lateral. 

 Eostral about one third the width of the head, extending nearly to 

 the level of the eyes ; nasal incompletely divided, the cleft proceed- 

 ing from the second labial ; praeocular present, about as broad as 

 the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; eyes 

 distinguishable ; upper head-scales moderately enlarged ; four upper 

 labials. Diameter of body 40 to 52 times in the total length : tail 

 about as long as broad, ending in a spine. 22 or 24 scales round 

 the body. Brown or brownish above, yellowish inferiorly. 



Total length 260 millim. 



From the Ionian Islands, Greece, Asia Minor, and Syria, to 

 Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Persia. 



— luce, Esq. [P.]. 



Sir C. Fellows [P.]. 

 Lord Lilford [P.]. 

 Dr. C. E. Cullen [P.]. 

 Canon Tristram [C.]. 

 St, Petersburg Mus. [E.]. 

 M. C. Eylandt [C.]. 



M. P. A. Warentzow [C.]. 

 M. C. Evlandt [C.]. 

 W. T. Blauford, Esq. [E.]. 

 rOne of the types of T. jiersicus.) 

 Dr. Aitchison [C.]. 

 Afghan Boundary Commission. 



16, Typhlops diardi. 



Typhlops diardii, Schleg. Abbild. p. 39 (1844); Dum. ^- Bibr. vi. 



p. 300 (1844) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 19, 1. 3, pis. iv. & v. fig. 10 



(1864) ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1865, p. 262 ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., 



Bept. p. 238, fig. (1890). 

 Argvrophis horstieldii, Oray, Cat. Liz. p. 137 (1845). 

 Typhlops striolatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1861, p. 922 ; Giinth. 



Bept. Brit. Ind. p. 174 (1864) ; Theob. Cat. ReiJi. Brit. Ind. p. 122 



(1876). 

 horsfieldii, Giinth. op. cit. p. 173, pi. xvi. fig. E ; Stoliczka, 



Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xl. 1871, p. 423; Theob. op. cit. p. 121. 

 barmanus, Stoliczka, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 144. 



Snout rounded and strongly projecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral 

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

 extending to between the eyes ; nasal nearly completely divided, 

 the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; a prajocular, nearly as 

 large as the ocular, in contact with the second aud third labials ; 

 eyes distinct ; pra^frontal and frontal usually scarcely larger than 

 tlie scales on the body, supraoculars and parietals broader ; four 

 upper labials. Diameter of body 29 to 34 timesi n the total length ; 

 tail as long as broad or broader than long, terminating in a s^nne. 



