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24 to 26 scales round the body. Olive-brown above, each scale 
with a more or less distinct light transverse streak ; lower parts 
pale brownish or yellowish. 
Total length 430 millim. 
Bengal, Khasi Hills, Assam, Burma, Cochinchina. 
a, Ad. Khasi Hills. East India Co. [P.]. 
(Type of A. horsfieldit. 
b. Ad, Khasi Hills. . C. Jerdon, Esq. | P.}. 
e-d. Ad. Assam. Dr. Cantor. 
e. Ad., bad state. Calcutta. Prof. Peters [P.]. 
(One of the “ypes of 7. striolatus.) 
fg. Ad. Tenasserim. Dr. Packman [P.}. 
k, t. Her. Reef Id., Tavoy. E. W. Oates, 48 
k, Ad., skel. —? Sir A. Smith iP. 
17. Typhlops bothriorhynchus. 
hlops bothriorhynchus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 174, pl. xvi 
i '& (1864); Anders. Proc. Zool. Soe. 1871, p. 168; Stoliceka, 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xi. 1871, p. 424; Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. 
Ind. By 122 (1876) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. ; 239 (1890) ; 
W. L. Sclater, Journ. As. Soc, Beng. \x. 1891, p. 282. 
Snout round and strongly projecting; nostrils lateral ; a rounded 
coneavity on each side below the nostril, and two others, less 
marked, on the third labial and on each side of the rostral. 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 and passing through the 
subnarial pit; a priocular, nearly as large as the ocular; eyes 
distinct ; upper head-scales a little larger than the scales on the 
body ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 30 times in the total 
length ; tail about as long as broad, ending in a spine. 24 scales 
round the body. Dark brown above, paler inferiorly, 
Total length 160 millim. 
Northern India (North-west Provinces and Assam) and Malay 
Peninsula. 
a. Ad. Pinang. Dr. Cantor. Or 
b. Ad. Salsanger, Assam. Indian Museum ? 
18. Typhlops oatesii. (Puare II. fig. 3.) 
Typhlops oatesii, Boweng. 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; nasal nearly 
completely divided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; 
a preocular, a little smaller than the ocular; eyes distinct; upper 
head-scales a little larger than the scales on the body; four upper 
labials. Diameter of body 31 to 33 times in the total length ; tail 
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