2<5D TTPIILOPIDjE. 



Synopsis of Indian, Ceylonese, and Burmese Species. 



A. Snout rounded ; nostrils lateral. 



. No subocular, ocular in contact with 



3rd and 4th labials. 

 a'. Nasal completely divided into two. 

 a", 18 or 20 scales round body. 



. Anterior nasal in contact with 

 prseocular ; posterior nasal sepa- 

 rated from its fellow by prse- 



froutal T. bramimis, p. 236. 



ft. Anterior nasal separated from 

 preeocular by posterior nasal, 

 which forms a suture with its 



fellow on upper surface of head . 7'. beddomii, p. 237. 

 b". 22 scales round body. 



a. Upper part of rostral about -| 



width of head T. leucomelas, p. 237. 



/3. Upper part of rostral hardly i 



width of head T. jerdoni, p. 238. 



b'. Nasal nearly completely divided ; 24 



or 26 scales round body. 

 a". No pits under snout. 



o. Upper part of rostral hardly | 



width of head T. oatesii, p. 238. 



/3. Upper part of rostral about 



width of head T. diardi, p. 238. 



b". A pair of pits under snout T. bothriorhynchus, p. 239. 



c'. Nasal semidivided. 



a. ]8 scales round body T. porrectus, p. 240. 



/3. 22 scales round body ; tail more 



than twice as long as broad .... 7'. theobdldianus, p. 240. 

 b. A subocular, separating ocular from 

 3rd labial ; nasal completely divided ; 

 18 scales round body. 



'. Ocular in contact with 4th labial . . T. mirus, p. 240. 

 //. Ocular separated from labials by 2 



suboeulars T. andumanensis, p. 241. 



B. Snout rounded ; nostrils inferior ; nasal 



semidivided ; 22 scales round body .... T. temdcollis, p. 241. 

 0. Snout pointed and hooked, with sharp 

 horizontal edge and inferior nostrils ; 

 latter touching rostral ; 28 to 36 scales 

 round body T. acutus, p. 241. 



271. Typhlops braminus. 



littssell, Ind. Serp. \, pi. xliii. 



Eryx brain inus, Daud. Kept, vii, p. 279. 



Typhlops braminus, Cuv. Reyne. An. 2nd ed. ii, p. 73 ; Dum. Sf Bibr. 



.Erp. Gen. vi, p. 309 ; Cantor, J. A. 8. B. xvi, 1847, p. 899; Jan, 



Icon. Ophid. p. 12, 1. 3, pis. iv & v, fig. 16 ; Giinth. Eept. B. I. 



p. 175, pi. xvi, fig. i ; Blanf. J. A. S. B. xxxix, 1870, p. 370; 



Stolickza, J. A. 8. B. xl, 1871, p. 425 ; Theob. Cat. p. 125 : Murray, 



Zool. 8ind, p. 374. 



Typhlops tenuis (non Salv.~), Giinth. Eept. B. I. p. 176, pi. xvi, fig. C. 

 Typhlops pammeces, Giint/i. op. cit. p. 444 ; Theob. Cat. p. 125. 



