240 TYPHLOPID;E. 



278. Typhlops porrectus. 



Typhlops tennis (turn Salt;), Jan, Icon. Ophid. p. 10, 1. o, pis. iv, v, 



'tig. 13. 

 Typhlops porrectus, Stoliczka, J.A.S.B. xl, 1871, p. 420, pi. xxv, 



'tigs. 1-4; Tlienb. Cat. p. 124; Blanf. '2nd York. Miss., Rept. 



p. 21 ; Murray, Zool. Sind, p. 374. 



Snout round and moderately projecting ; nostrils lateral. Ros- 

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

 head, not extending quite to the level of the eyes, which are very 

 indistinct ; nasal semidivided, the cleft extending from the second 

 labial to the nostril; prseocular present, nearly as large as the 

 ocular; upper head-scales a little larger than the scales on the 

 body; 4 upper labials. Diameter of body 70 to 90 times in the 

 total length ; tail a little longer than broad, ending in a spine. 

 18 scales round the body. Brown above, paler beneath ; snout, 

 chin, and lower surface of tail white. 



Total length 8-5 inches. 



Hub. Himalayas, Northern India, from Sind to Bengal, Deccan. 



279. Typhlops theobaldianus. 



Typhlops theobaldianus, Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xl, 1871 , p. 429, pi. xxv, 

 tigs. 5-8; Theob. Cat. p. 123. 



Snout round and strongly projecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral 

 considerably more than one third (nearly half; the width of the 

 head, reaching very far back on the top of the head ; nasal semi- 

 divided, the cleft extending from the second labial to the nostril ; 

 a prrcocular, nearly as large as the ocular ; eye very indistinct ; 

 pra^frontal very slightly longer than frontal ; 4 upper labials. 

 Diameter of body about 70 times in the total length ; tail nearly 

 thrice as long as broad, terminating in an obtuse point, without 

 spine. 22 scales round the body. Greyish brown, slightly paler 

 below. 



Total length 14 inches. 



Hab. The single specimen known, which 1 have not seen, is, 

 according to Stoliczka, in all probability from India, but without 

 any specified locality. 



280. Typhlops mirus. 



Typhlops minis, Jan. Icon. Ophid. p. 9, 1. 1, pis. v, vi, tig. 7; Giint/i. 

 Rept. B. 1. p. 170, pi. xvi, fig. H ; Tht-ob. Cat. p. 120. 



Snout round and moderately prominent; nostrils lateral. Ros- 

 tral broad, about half the width of the head ; nostril between two 

 nasals, the anterior of which is small and in contact with the first 

 and second labials ; a prrcocular, nearly as large as the ocular, 

 which is in contact with the fourth labial ; a subocular, separating 



