10. Typhlops kapaladua Annandale. 



Typhlops kapaladua, N. Annandale, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal I 1905, p. 208. 



Snout rounded, obtuse, projecting; nostril lateral. Rostral 

 one third to half the width of the head, extending to the level 

 of the eyes behind, separating the nasals completely ; nasal 

 completely divided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial 

 and not reaching the upper surface of 

 the head ; praeocular present, larger 

 than the ocular, in contact with the 

 second and third labials ; eyes barely 

 distinguishable; supraoculars large, 

 frontal and parietals feebly developed. 

 Body stout, with 26 scales round the 

 middle, its diameter 27 times in the Fig. 3. Typhlops kapaladua 

 total length; tail much more broad Annandale X 3- 



than long, ending in a spine. 



Olive-brown above, each scale with a pale edge; head- 

 scales broadly edged with yellow; a yellow | | on the snout 

 and a wedge-shaped yellow marking behind each eye; lower 

 part of rostral and labials yellow. Lower surface yellow. Total 

 length 280 mm. ; tail 4 mm. 



Type-specimen received from the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 

 examined. 



Habitat: Malay Archipelago"! (Java?). 



1 1 . Typhlops depressiceps Sternfeld. 



Typhlops depressiceps, Sternfeld, Sitz. her. Ges. naturf. Fr. 1913, p. 384. 



Head depressed; snout strongly projecting, with a sharp 

 horizontal edge; nostril inferior. Rostral about three fifths the 

 width of the head, not extending to the level of the eyes; 

 nasal completely divided, the cleft proceeding from the second 

 labial; praeocular present, much larger than the ocular, in 

 contact with the second and third labials; eyes distinct; prae- 

 frontals a little enlarged. Body with 24 scales round the middle, 

 its diameter 70 times in the total length; tail about two 

 times and a half as long as broad. 



Brownish-yellow above ; head and lower surface a little lighter. 

 Total length 328 mm. (After STERNFELD; not seen by me). 



Habitat: New Guinea. 



