2. TIPHLOPS. 23 



24 to 26 scales round tho body. Olive-brown above, each scale 

 with a more or less distinct light transverse streak ; lower parts 

 pale brownish or yellowish. 



Total length 430 millim. 



Bengal, Khasi Hills, Assam, Burma, Cochinchina. 



a. Ad. Khasi Hills. East India Co. [P.]. 



(Type oi A. homfieldii. 

 h. Ad. Khasi Hills. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



c-d. Ad. Assam. Dr. Cantor 



e. Ad., bad state. Calcutta. I'rof. Peters [P.]. 



(One of the types of T. striolalus.) 



f, (}. Ad. Tenasserim. Dr. Packman [P.]. 



h i. Hgr. Keef Id., Tavoy. E. W. Gates, Esq. [P.]. 



k. Ad., skel. ? Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



17. TypMops bothriorhynclius. 



Typhlops bothriorhvnchus, Gi'mth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 174, pi. xvi 



'fig. O (1864); Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 168; (Stoliczka, 



Journ. As. Soc. Bcvq. xl. 1871, p. 424; Theoh. Cat. Bept. Brit. 



Ind. p. 122 (1876) ;" Boideny. Fmm. Ind., Bept. p. 2-39 (1890) ; 



W. L. Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Bmg. Ix. 1891, p. 232. 



Snout round 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 ])ortion about one third the width of the head, 

 extending to between the eyes ; nasal nearly comidotely divided, the 

 cleft proceeding from the second labial and passing through the 

 subnarial pit ; a pra^ocular, nearly as large as the ocular ; eyes 

 distinct ; upper heod-scales a little larger than the scales on the 

 body ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 30 times in the total 

 length ; tail about as long as broad, ending in a spine. 24 scales 

 round the body. Dark brown above, paler inferiorly. 



Total length 1 60 millim. 



Northern India (Xorth-west Provinces and Assam) and Malay 

 Peninsula. 



a. Ad. Pinang. Dr. Cantor. (Type.) 



h. Ad. Salsanger, Assam. Indian Museum [E.]. 



18. Typhlops oatesii. (Plate II. fig. 3.) 

 Typhlops oatesii, Boidcn;/. Faun. Ind., Bept. p. 238 (1890V 



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 ; nasal nearly 

 completely divided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; 

 a pra)ocular, a little smaller than the ocular ; eyes distinct ; upper 

 head-scales a little larger than the scales on the body ; four upper 

 labials. Diameter of body 31 to 33 times in the total length : tail 



