TYPHLOPS. 241 



the prseocular and the ocular from the second and third labials ; 

 eye indistinct ; upper head-scales a little larger than the scales on 

 the body ; 4 upper labials. Diameter of body 43 to 60 times in 

 the total length ; tail a little longer than broad, ending obtusely, 

 without spine. 18 scales round the body. Brown above, snout 

 and lower parts yellowish. 



Total length 5-5 inches. 



Hob. Ceylon. 



281. Typhlops andamanensis. 



Typhlops aiidamanensis, Stolicska, J. A. S. B. xl, 1871, p. 428, pi. xxv, 

 figs. 9-12 ; TJieob. Cat. p. 124. 



Snout round, moderately prominent; nostrils lateral. Width 

 of rostral above about one third 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 supraocular, nearly as large as 

 the ocular ; both the latter shields separated from the labials by a 

 pair of suboculars ; eye indistinct ; upper head-scales scarcely 

 enlarged; 4 upper labials. Diameter of body about 40 times in 

 the total length ; tail twice as long as broad, very obtuse and termi- 

 nating in a minute point. 18 scales round the body. General 

 colour above shining deep brownish black, the base of the scales 

 being somewhat dull black ; sides viuaceous, paler on the lower 

 parts, which are throughout checkered with white ; mouth and the 

 tail below, including the tip, also mostly white. 



Total length about 6-5 inches. 



Hab. Andaman Islands. Known from a single specimen, which 

 1 have not seen. 



282. Typhlops tennicollis. 



Ouychocephalus (Opkthalinidion) tenuicollis, Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 



1864, p 272, pi.-, fig- 2. 

 Typhlops tenuicollis, Tfieob. Cat. p. 123. 



Snout round and moderately projecting ; nostrils inferior. 

 Eostral broad, its upper portion more than half as broad as the 

 head ; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the second 

 labial ; a praocular, about as large as the ocular ; eye not distin- 

 guishable ; praefrontal and frontal very broad, broader than the 

 ocular and parietal ; 4 upper labials. Diameter of body 65 times 

 in the total length ; tail as long as broad, terminal scute obtusely 

 conical. 22 scales round the body. Olive-brown above, yellowisji 

 beneath. 



Total length 14 inches. 



Said to be from the Himalayas. Unknown to me. 



283. Typhlops acutus. 



Onychocephalus acutus, Dum. $ Bibr. Erp. Gen. vi, p. 333 ; Gunth. 

 Rept. B. 1. p. 177, pi. xvi, fig. A; Theob. Cat. p. 126. 



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