TYPHLOPS. 239 



head, extending to between the eyes ; nasal nearly completely 

 divided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; a prseocular, 

 nearly as large as the ocular ; eye distinct ; prref rental and frontal 



Pig. 7U. Typhlops diardi. 



usually scarcely larger than the scales on the body, supraoculars 

 and parietals broader; 4 upper labials. Diameter of body 29 

 to 34 times in the total length ; tail as long as broad or broader 

 than long, ending in a spine. 24 to 20 scales round the body. 

 Olive-brown above, each scale with a more or less distinct light 

 transverse streak ; lower parts pale brownish or yellowish. 



Total length 17 inches. 



Hab. Bengal, Sikhim, Khtisi Hills, Assam, Burma, Cochin China. 



277. Typhlops bothriorhynchus. 



Typhlops bothriorhyncliu?, G'tinth. Kept. B. I. p. 174, pi. xvi, tig. G ; 

 Anders, P. Z. 8. 1871, p. 108 : 8tdicska, J. A. .$'. B. \\, 1871, ]>. 4i*4 ; 

 TAeob. Cat. p. 12'2. 



Snout rounded and strongly projecting; nostrils lateral; a 

 rounded concavity on each side below the nostrils, and two others, 

 less marked, on the third labial and on the side of the rostral. 

 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 and passing 

 through the subuarial pit ; a praeocular, nearly as large as the 

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

 scales on the body; 4 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 beneath. 



Total length 10 inches. 



Hab. Northern India (Hardwar, N. W. P. ; Graro Hills, Assam) 

 and Malay Peninsula. 



