34 Mr. W. T. Blanford on new Reptilia. 



bris inferioribus transparentibus, meatu auditorio externo nullo ; 

 squamis corporis lasvibus, in series longitudinales 22 ad medium 

 corpus dispositis : grisea, longitudinaliter fusco fasciata. 



Hob. baud procul a Karraan in Persia meridionali. 



A single specimen only was procured of this remarkable 

 new form. 



Ophidia. 



17. Typlxlops persicus. 



T. purpurascenti-brunneus, fere unicolor, subtus vix pallidior, antice 

 parum attenuatus ; scuto rostrali mediocri, subtus parum angus- 

 tiore, fronto-nasale latitudine baud cequante, nasali cum fronto- 

 nasali supra narem juncto, praeoculari antice valde convexo, 

 oculare longitudine subrequante, fronto-nasalibus post nasale ap- 

 proximatis, praefrontali, frontali, interparietali, supraocularibus 

 parietalibusque suboequalibus sqnamas dorsales latitudine paullo 

 excedentibus ; squamis corporis in 22-24 series longitudinales 

 atque 376-390 transversas dispositis ; cauda brevi, mucronata, 

 9 seriebus squamarum circumdata. 



Hob. in Persia meridionali. 



Distinguished from T. vermicular 'is, Men-em, and T.syriacus, 

 Jan, by its uniformly coloured scales, and from the former by 

 the division between the nasal and fronto-nasal shields not 

 extending above the nostril, by the head being longer in pro- 

 portion to its breadth, and by the rostral shield being broader 

 in proportion both above and below. In T. vermicxdaris the 

 fronto-nasal is narrower than the rostral ; in T. persicus the 

 reverse is the case. 



18. Dipsas rhinopoma. 



J), capite brevi, depresso ; squamis corporis imbricatis in 23 (24) 

 seriebus longitudinalibus, serie media vix majore ; naribus valvulis 

 instructis ; scutis supralabialibus 8-10, quarto quintoque oculum 

 tangentibus ; verticali brevi, vix longiore quam lato, subtriangulari; 

 prseocularibus duobus, superiore ad verticale, inferiore ad nasale 

 attingente ; loreali distincto nullo ; scutis ventralibus 268-274, 

 anali haud bifido ; subcaudalibus 76-77 : pallide griseo-fusca, 

 transversim albido fasciata, squamis nigro puncticulatis. 



Hab. in Carmania. 



Two specimens obtained : the largest measures 47*5 inches, 

 of which the tail is 6*75. In one of the specimens the anal 

 shield is cleft, evidently by accident, the integument beneath 

 being also divided. 



