22 TYPHLOPIDE. 
Snout depressed, rounded, strongly projecting ; nostrils lateral. 
Rostral about one third the width of the head, extending nearly to 
the level of the eyes; nasal incompletely divided, the cleft proceed- 
ing from the second labial; preocular present, about as broad as 
the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials; eyes 
distinguishable ; upper head-scales moderately enlarged ; four upper 
labials. Diameter of body 40 to 52 times in the total length; tail 
about as long as broad, ending in a spine. 22 or 24 scales round 
the body. Brown or brownish above, yellowish inferiorly. 
Total length 260 millim. 
From the Ionian Islands, Greece, Asia Minor, and Syria, to 
Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Persia. 
a. Hgr. Morea. 
b, Ad. Bay of Salamis. — Ince, Esq. [P.]. 
e. Ad. Constantinople. 
d-f,g. Ad. Xanthbus. Sir C. Fellows [P.]. 
h, i. Ad. Cyprus. Lord Lilford EF 
k. Her. Oyprus. Dr. C. E. Cullen [P.}. 
l. Ad. t. Hermon. Canon Tristram [C.]. 
m. Ad. Caucasus. St. Petersburg Mus. [E.}. 
n. Ad. Ai Dara, W. slope of Co- M. C. Eylandt [C.]. 
et Dagh, Transcaspia. 
o-p. Ad. Ashkabad, Transcaspia. M. P. A. Warentzow [C.]}. 
g-t. Ad. Puli Hatun, Transcaspia. M. ©, Eylandt [C.}. 
u. Ad. S.W. of Karman, 6000 ft. |W. 'T. Blanford, Esq. [E.}. 
(One of the types of 7. persicus. 
v. Ad, N. of Herat. Dr. Aitchison fod. 
Afghan Boundary Commission. 
16. Typhlops diardi. 
Typhlops diardii, Schleg. Abbild. p. 89 (1844); Dum. §& Bibr. vi. 
p- 300 (1844) ; Jan, Icon. Gén. p. 19, 1. 3, pls. iv. & v. fig. 10 
(1864); Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1865, p. 262 ; Bicdang! Faun. Ind., 
Rept. p. 288, fig. (1890). 
Argyrophis horstieldii, Gray, Cat. Iiz. p. 187 (1845). 
Typhlops striolatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1861, p. 922; Giinth. 
age we Ind. p. 174 (1864); Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit, Ind, p. 122 
876). 
horsfieldii, Giinth. op. cit. p. 173, pl. xvi. fig. E; Stoliezka, 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. x\. 1871, p. 423; Theob. op. cit. p. 121. 
barmanus, Stoliczka, Proc, a Soc. Beng. 1872, p. ia 
Snout rounded and strongly projecting; nostrils lateral. 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; a prwocular, nearly as 
large as the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials; 
eyes distinct ; prefrontal and frontal usually scarcely larger than 
the scales on the body, supraoculars and parietals broader; four 
upper labials. Diameter of body 29 to 34 timesi n the total length ; 
tail as long as broad or broader than long, terminating in a spine. 
