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head, extending to between the eyes; nostril between two nasals, 
the anterior of which is in contact with the first and second labials 
and extends to the upper surface of the head; a preocular, nearly 
as large as the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; 
eyes distinct; upper head-scales a little larger than the scales on 
the body; four upper labials. Diameter of body 32 times in the 
total length ; tail slightly longer than broad, ending in a point. 22 
seales round the body. Blackish brown above, pure white in- 
feriorly. 
Total length 130 millim. 
Ceylon. 
a. Haycock Mountain, 2000 ft., 40 miles from Col. Beddome [C.] 
oint de Galle. (Type.) 
9. Typhlops jerdoni. (Puare I. fig. 5.) 
Typhlops jerdoni, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 238 (1890). 
Snout rounded and moderately projecting; nostrils lateral. 
Rostral very narrow, its upper portion hardly one fourth the width 
of the head, extending to the level of the eyes; nostril between 
two nasals, the anterior of which is in contact with the first and 
second labials and extends to the upper surface of the head; a 
preocular, nearly as large as the ocular, in contact with the seeond 
and third labials; eyes distinct; supraoculars and parietals much 
larger than the scales on the body; four upper labials. Diameter 
of body 37 to 46 times in the total length ; tail a little longer than 
broad, ending in a spine. 22 scales round the body. Brown above, 
lighter inferiorly; end of snout, anal region, and lower surface of 
tail whitish. 
Total length 230 millim. 
Khasi Hills. 
a-c, Ad.& yg. | KhasiHills. —‘T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. (Types.) 
10. Typhlops porrectus. 
Typhlops tenuis (non Salv.), Jan, Icon. Gén. p. 10,1. 3, pls. iv. & v. 
fig. 13 (1864). 
—— porrectus, Stoliceka, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xl. 1871, p. 426, 
pr xxv. figs. 1-4; Theob. Cat. oF Brit. Ind. p. 124 (1876); 
lanf.2nd Yark. Miss., Rept. p. 21 (1878); nae tg Sind, 
p. 374 (1884); Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 240 (1890). 
Snout round and moderately projecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral 
narrow, its upper portion about one third the width of the head, 
not extending quite to the level of the eyes, which are very in- 
distinct; nasal semidivided, the cleft extending from the second 
labial to the nostril; preocular present, nearly as large as the 
ocular; upper head-scales a little larger than the scales on the 
body; four upper labials. Diameter of body 70 to 90 times in the 
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